2005–06 Sheffield Shield season

2005–06 Sheffield Shield season

Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin & Final
Champions	Queensland (6th title)
Participants	6
Matches	31
Player of the series	Andy Bichel (Qld)
Most runs	Darren Lehmann (1,168)
Most wickets	Andy Bichel (50)

The 2005–06 Sheffield Shield season known as the Pura Cup was the 104th 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
Queensland	10	5	2	0	3	0	34
Victoria	10	4	4	0	2	0	30
South Australia	10	4	3	0	3	0	26
Tasmania	10	4	4	0	2	0	26
Western Australia	10	3	6	0	1	0	24
New South Wales	10	3	4	0	3	0	20

Final

24–28 March 2006 Scorecard

Victoria	v	Queensland (H)
344 (100 overs) Brad Hodge 108 (168) Mitchell Johnson 4/55 (14 overs)		6/900d (242 overs) Jimmy Maher 223 (387) Dirk Nannes 3/150 (40 overs)
202 (60 overs) Nick Jewell 69 (162) Mitchell Johnson 6/51 (20 overs)

Queensland won by an innings and 354 runs The Gabba, Brisbane Umpires: Peter Parker and Bob Parry Player of the match: Jimmy Maher (Queensland)

• Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

Most runs

Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	Ave	HS	100	50
Darren Lehmann	South Australia	10	16	3	1168	89.84	301*	4	4
Jimmy Maher	Queensland	10	18	1	906	53.29	223	2	5
Travis Birt	Tasmania	10	18	1	850	50	160	2	5
Martin Love	Queensland	11	20	2	828	46	169	3	3
Nick Jewell	Victoria	11	20	0	827	41.35	143	1	6

Most wickets

Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Overs	Wkts	Ave	Econ	BBI	BBM	5	10
Andy Bichel	Queensland	11	20	429.0	50	26.68	3.10	7/56	8/81	2	0
Adam Griffith	Tasmania	10	17	389.3	48	25.85	3.18	5/79	7/115	2	0
Michael Kasprowicz	Queensland	8	15	326.0	44	23.13	3.12	8/44	9/83	2	0
Jason Gillespie	South Australia	9	18	355.5	40	21.27	2.39	7/35	9/125	3	0
Ben Hilfenhaus	Tasmania	10	17	345.3	39	30.82	3.47	7/58	10/87	1	1