1995–96 Sheffield Shield season
Appearance
Cricket format | First-class |
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Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin & Final |
Champions | South Australia (13th title) |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 31 |
Player of the series | Matthew Elliott (Vic) [1] |
Most runs | Matthew Elliott (1,116) |
Most wickets | Jason Gillespie (46) |
The 1995–96 Sheffield Shield season was the 94th season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. South Australia won the championship, thus making up for their inning and 101 run defeat at the hands of Queensland in the 1994-95 final.[2][3]
Table
Team | Played | Won | Lost | Tied | Drawn | N/R | Points |
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South Australia | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34 |
Western Australia | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 30 |
Queensland | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26 |
Tasmania | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 |
New South Wales | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 |
Victoria | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21.7 |
Final
March 30–April 3 1996
Scorecard |
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- Western Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
Statistics
Most runs
Player [4] | Team | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | Ave | HS | 100 | 50 |
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Matthew Elliott | 9 | 17 | 2 | 1116 | 74.40 | 203 | 5 | 3 | |
Darren Lehmann | 11 | 21 | 1 | 1099 | 54.95 | 161 | 4 | 6 | |
Dene Hills | 10 | 19 | 2 | 914 | 53.76 | 220* | 1 | 6 | |
Justin Langer | 11 | 22 | 1 | 905 | 43.09 | 161 | 4 | 2 | |
Dean Jones | 10 | 18 | 0 | 847 | 47.05 | 145 | 2 | 6 |
Most wickets
Player[5] | Team | Mat | Inns | Overs | Wkts | Ave | Econ | BBI | BBM | 5 | 10 |
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Jason Gillespie | 10 | 18 | 329.2 | 46 | 21.78 | 3.04 | 6/68 | 8/119 | 1 | 0 | |
Michael Kasprowicz | 9 | 17 | 357.5 | 46 | 23.52 | 3.02 | 6/48 | 10/148 | 5 | 1 | |
Jo Angel | 11 | 21 | 407.4 | 43 | 26.09 | 2.75 | 6/68 | 9/132 | 3 | 0 | |
Tim May | 11 | 17 | 516.5 | 43 | 33.02 | 2.74 | 6/83 | 11/171 | 3 | 1 | |
Brendan Julian | 10 | 20 | 357.5 | 41 | 26.53 | 3.04 | 5/41 | 9/151 | 4 | 0 |
References
- ^ "Sheffield Shield/Pura Cup - Sheffield Shield/Pura Cup - Player of the Year". Archived from the original on 27 April 2005. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ Engel, Matthew (2004). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 1344-1345. John Wisden & Company Ltd. ISBN 0-947766-83-9.
- ^ "Sheffield Shield Table". ESPN Australia.
- ^ "Sheffield Shield, 1995/96 batting most runs career Records". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ "Sheffield Shield, 1995/96 bowling most wickets career Record". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 13 June 2024.