2003–04 Sheffield Shield season

2003–04 Sheffield Shield season

Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin & Final
Champions	Victoria (26th title)
Participants	6
Matches	31
Player of the series	Matthew Elliott (Vic)
Most runs	Matthew Elliott (1,381)
Most wickets	Matthew Nicholson (39)

The 2003–04 Sheffield Shield season known as the Pura Cup was the 102nd season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. Victoria won the championship.

Table

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	Drawn	N/R	Points
Victoria	10	6	0	0	4	0	40
Queensland	10	3	3	0	4	0	24
Tasmania	10	3	1	0	6	0	24
Western Australia	10	3	3	0	4	0	21
New South Wales	10	2	6	0	2	0	17
South Australia	10	2	6	0	2	0	12

Final

12–16 March 2004 Scorecard

(H) Victoria	v	Queensland
710 (212 overs) Matthew Elliott 155 (302) Ashley Noffke 3/104 (31 overs)		275 (105.5 overs) Jimmy Maher 72 (184) Cameron White 4/66 (30 overs)
1/140d (30 overs) Jason Arnberger 72 (89) Nathan Hauritz 1/54 (8 overs)		254 (68.3 overs) Stuart Law 72 (114) Mick Lewis 6/59 (17.3 overs)

Victoria won by 321 runs Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Peter Parker and Bob Parry Player of the match: Matthew Elliot

• Queensland won the toss and elected to field.

Statistics

Most runs

Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	Ave	HS	100	50
Matthew Elliott	Victoria	11	20	3	1381	81.23	182	7	3
Murray Goodwin	Western Australia	10	20	2	1183	65.72	201*	4	5
Stuart Law	Queensland	11	20	4	1053	65.81	203	2	6
Brad Hodge	Victoria	10	19	3	984	61.5	125	4	4
Marcus North	Western Australia	10	19	1	984	54.66	130*	3	5

Most wickets

Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Overs	Wkts	Ave	Econ	BBI	BBM	5	10
Matthew Nicholson	New South Wales	9	18	343.0	39	30.35	3.45	6/76	8/162	2	0
Damien Wright	Tasmania	9	17	362.5	37	26.48	2.70	5/43	7/63	1	0
Andrew Downton	Tasmania	10	20	373.5	37	36.56	3.61	5/71	5/71	1	0
Paul Rofe	South Australia	9	16	308.5	35	27.02	3.06	7/66	8/117	2	0
Mick Lewis	Victoria	9	17	312.3	34	27.85	3.03	6/59	7/125	2	0