2011–12 Sheffield Shield season
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Administrator(s) | Cricket Australia |
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Cricket format | First-class |
Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin |
Champions | Queensland (7th title) |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 30, plus final |
Player of the series | Jackson Bird (Tasmania) |
Most runs | Ed Cowan (Tasmania) – 948 runs |
Most wickets | Jackson Bird (Tasmania) – 53 wickets |
The 2011–12 Sheffield Shield season is the 119th season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic Template:Cric FC cricket competition of Australia. The season began on 11 October 2011, with Queensland playing Victoria, and concluded on 19 March 2012 with the top two teams playing off in the final.
Teams
- a New South Wales will also host one match at Bankstown Oval in Sydney and Manuka Oval in Canberra.
Table
The top two teams after the conclusion of the regular season will compete in the Sheffield Shield final. The match will be contested at the home ground of the side that finishes first. In the result of a draw, the team that finished on top of the ladder, and hence hosting the match will be awarded the title. For an explanation of how points are awarded, see Sheffield Shield points system.
Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | D | T | Q |
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36 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.167 |
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36 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1.198 |
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36 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1.164 |
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34 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1.176 |
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12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0.773 |
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2 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.624 |
Last updated on 11 March 2012.[1]
Fixtures and results
Correct as of 21 March 2012. Source
October
25–28 October 2011
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- Western Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
November
25–28 November 2011
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- New South Wales won the toss and elected to bowl.
25–28 November 2011
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(H) South Australia
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- South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
December
January
No Sheffield Shield matches were played in January due to the 2011–12 Big Bash League season.
February
29 February – 3 March 2012
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(H) South Australia
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- South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
March
The Final
Statistics
Most runs
Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Not Outs | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
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Ed Cowan | ![]() |
10 | 19 | 3 | 948 | 59.25 | 145* | 3 | 4 |
Rob Quiney | ![]() |
10 | 19 | 0 | 938 | 49.36 | 119 | 3 | 5 |
Liam Davis | ![]() |
8 | 15 | 1 | 921 | 65.78 | 303* | 3 | 3 |
Michael Klinger | ![]() |
10 | 19 | 1 | 835 | 46.38 | 219* | 1 | 4 |
Joe Burns | ![]() |
11 | 19 | 0 | 781 | 41.10 | 130 | 2 | 4 |
Last updated 20 March 2012[2]
Highest scores
Runs | Balls | Player | Team | Opponent | Ground | Date of match |
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303* | 524 | Liam Davis | West Australia | ![]() |
WACA Ground | 17 February 2012 |
219 | 422 | Michael Klinger | ![]() |
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Adelaide Oval | 29 February 2012 |
203* | 291 | Tom Cooper | ![]() |
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Sydney Cricket Ground | 6 November 2011 |
178 | 371 | Adam Voges | ![]() |
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WACA Ground | 17 February 2012 |
166* | 379 | Wade Townsend | ![]() |
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Adelaide Oval | 25 November 2011 |
Last updated 20 March 2012[3]
Most wickets
Player | Team | Matches | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5wi | 10wm |
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Jackson Bird | ![]() |
8 | 307.4 | 53 | 16.00 | 6/62 | 5 | 2 |
Michael Hogan | ![]() |
10 | 387.3 | 46 | 23.52 | 5/24 | 2 | 0 |
Jayde Herrick | ![]() |
10 | 366.5 | 45 | 30.97 | 5/79 | 1 | 0 |
James Faulkner | ![]() |
10 | 313.3 | 39 | 25.17 | 4/22 | 0 | 0 |
Ben Cutting | ![]() |
8 | 204.4 | 36 | 18.75 | 5/43 | 2 | 0 |
Last updated 20 March 2012[4]
Best bowling
Figures | Overs | Player | Team | Opponent | Ground | Match date |
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7/24 | 10.0 | Alister McDermott | ![]() |
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Brisbane Cricket Ground | 6 Feb 2012 |
7/46 | 16.3 | Michael Beer | ![]() |
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WACA Ground | 17 Feb 2012 |
7/60 | 21.4 | Ryan Harris | ![]() |
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Brisbane Cricket Ground | 25 Oct 2011 |
7/96 | 29.4 | Joe Mennie | ![]() |
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WACA Ground | 5 Dec 2011 |
6/40 | 18.2 | Clint McKay | ![]() |
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Melbourne Cricket Ground | 22 Nov 2011 |
Last updated 20 March 2012[5]
See also
References
- ^ [1] – Cricket Australia. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
- ^ Most runs overall – Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
- ^ Most runs in an innings – Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
- ^ Most wickets – Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
- ^ Best bowling – Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2012.