1996–97 Sheffield Shield season

1996–97 Sheffield Shield season

Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin & Final
Champions	Queensland (2nd title)
Participants	6
Matches	31
Player of the series	Andy Bichel (Qld)
Most runs	Jamie Cox (1,149)
Most wickets	Michael Kasprowicz (48)

The 1996–97 Sheffield Shield season was the 95th season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. Queensland won the championship.

Table

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	Drawn	N/R	Points
Western Australia	10	6	1	0	3	0	42
Queensland	10	4	1	0	5	0	28
New South Wales	10	4	4	0	2	0	28
Tasmania	10	3	4	0	3	0	28
Victoria	10	3	5	0	2	0	19.7+
South Australia	10	2	7	0	1	0	14

+0.3 Pts deducted for slow over rate

Final

March 21–25, 1997 Scorecard

Queensland	v	Western Australia (H)
320 (111 overs) Matthew Mott 86 (240) Tom Moody 4/75 (27 overs)		165 (68.1 overs) Murray Goodwin 63 (169) Adam Dale 6/38 (22 overs)
309 (103.4 overs) Trevor Barsby 111 (215) Tom Moody 4/76 (23.4 overs)		304 (122.3 overs) Tom Moody 152 (334) Michael Kasprowicz 5/83 (41.3 overs)

Queensland won by 160 runs Venue: WACA, Perth Umpires: Darrel Hair, Peter Parker, Terry Prue (TV)

• Queensland won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

Most runs

Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	Ave	HS	100	50
Jamie Cox	Tasmania	10	20	1	1149	60.47	143	4	7
Darren Lehmann	South Australia	9	17	0	934	54.94	255	2	3
Michael Hussey	Western Australia	11	20	2	887	49.27	147	2	5
Ricky Ponting	Tasmania	7	13	2	815	74.09	159	3	3
Michael Di Venuto	Tasmania	10	19	0	778	40.94	130	2	5

Most wickets

Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Overs	Wkts	Ave	Econ	BBI	BBM	5	10
Michael Kasprowicz	Queensland	9	18	418.4	48	22.91	2.62	5/64	9/119	3	0
Adam Dale	Queensland	10	19	454.5	42	22.07	2.03	6/38	9/84	2	0
Tom Moody	Western Australia	9	17	357.4	38	24.36	2.58	7/41	9/95	1	0
Brendan Julian	Western Australia	8	15	300.0	35	24.28	2.83	7/48	10/86	2	1
Brad McNamara	New South Wales	8	15	235.2	33	22.45	3.14	5/19	8/61	3	0