![]() Logo of the 2016–17 Sheffield Shield season  | |
| Dates | 25 October 2016 – 29 March 2017 | 
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| Administrator(s) | Cricket Australia | 
| Cricket format | First-class | 
| Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and final | 
| Champions | |
| Participants | 6 | 
| Matches | 31 | 
| Player of the series | |
| Most runs | |
| Most wickets | |
The 2016–17 Sheffield Shield season was the 115th season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition in Australia. It started on 25 October 2016 and finished on 30 March 2017.[1] There was a break between December and January for the Big Bash League.[1] The first round of matches were played as day/night games in preparation for Australia's day/night Test match against Pakistan on 15 December 2016.[2] A second day/night round of fixtures took place in round five of the tournament.[3][4]
Victoria qualified for the final after their 8 wicket win against Western Australia in round 9 of the competition.[5] Victoria secured a home tie in the final, with an innings victory against Queensland in round 10.[6] However, the Melbourne Cricket Ground was unavailable for the fixture, so it took place at Traeger Park in Alice Springs.[6] They faced South Australia in the final, for the second consecutive year.[7] Victoria won the competition with a first-innings lead in the final, after the match finished as a draw.[8] It was their 31st tournament win and their third consecutive title.[8]
Points table
| Team[9] | Pld | W | L | D | NR | BP | Pts | 
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| 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17.31 | 60.31 | |
| 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17.24 | 47.24 | |
| 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15.48 | 45.48 | |
| 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17.60 | 44.60 | |
| 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16.53 | 41.53 | |
| 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 10.64 | 19.64 | |
Round-Robin stage
| Visitor team → | NSW | QLD | SA | TAS | VIC | WA | 
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| Home team ↓ | ||||||
| New South Wales | Match drawn | NSW 8 wickets  | Match drawn | Victoria 198 runs  | NSW 3 wickets  | |
| Queensland | NSW 225 runs  | Queensland 128 runs  | Queensland 133 runs  | Victoria Inns & 11 runs  | Queensland 97 runs  | |
| South Australia | SA 2 wickets  | SA 6 wickets  | SA Inns & 94 runs  | Victoria 124 runs  | WA 7 runs  | |
| Tasmania | Match drawn | Queensland Inns & 172 runs  | SA 193 runs  | Match drawn | WA 9 wickets  | |
| Victoria | NSW Inns & 77 runs  | Victoria Inns & 81 runs  | Victoria 5 wickets  | Victoria 113 runs  | Victoria 8 wickets  | |
| Western Australia | WA 6 runs  | WA 8 wickets  | SA 10 wickets  | Tasmania 9 wickets  | WA Inns & 38 runs  | 
| Home team won | Visitor team won | 
- Note: Results listed are according to the home (horizontal) and visitor (vertical) teams.
 - Note: Click on a result to see a summary of the match.
 
Round 1
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- New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.
 - Bonus Points: Queensland 2.00, New South Wales 1.87
 
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0/69 (23.3 overs) Jake Weatherald 37* (61)  | 
- South Australia won the toss and elected to field.
 - Bonus Points: Western Australia 1.51, South Australia 3.61
 
(H) Victoria   | 
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- Tasmania won the toss and elected to field.
 - Bonus Points: Victoria 2.73, Tasmania 0.95
 
Round 2
4–7 November    Scorecard  | 
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- Queensland won the toss and elected to bat.
 - Bonus points: Victoria 2.61, Queensland 0.70
 
4–7 November    Scorecard  | 
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- Western Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
 - Ryan Gibson (New South Wales) made his first-class debut.
 - Bonus Points: New South Wales 1.98, Western Australia 1.16
 
4–7 November    Scorecard  | 
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- Tasmania won the toss and elected to bat.
 - Cameron Stevenson (Tasmania) made his first-class debut.
 - Bonus Points: South Australia 2.98, Tasmania 0.80
 
Round 3
17–20 November    Scorecard  | 
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- Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.
 - Bonus Points: New South Wales 0.55, Victoria 1.94
 
17–20 November    Scorecard  | 
(H) Queensland   | 
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- South Australia won the toss and elected to field.
 - Bonus Points: Queensland 2.43, South Australia 1.08
 
17–20 November    Scorecard  | 
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- Tasmania won the toss and elected to field.
 - D'Arcy Short (Western Australia) made his first-class debut.
 - Bonus Points: Western Australia 1.22, Tasmania 1.90
 
Round 4
26–29 November    Scorecard  | 
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- Victoria won the toss and elected to field.
 - Bonus Points: Victoria 2.11, South Australia 2.60
 
26–29 November    Scorecard  | 
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- Tasmania won the toss and elected to field.
 - Bonus Points: Tasmania 0.37, New South Wales 1.86
 
26–29 November    Scorecard  | 
(H) Queensland   | 
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- Queensland won the toss and elected to bat.
 - Sam Truloff (Queensland) made his first-class debut.
 - Bonus Points: Queensland 1.96, Western Australia 1.45
 
Round 5
(H) Tasmania   | 
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- Tasmania won the toss and elected to bat.
 - Jake Hancock (Tasmania) made his first-class debut.
 - Bonus Points: Tasmania 1.03, Victoria 1.30
 
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- South Australia won the toss and elected to field.
 - Charlie Stobo (New South Wales) and David Grant (South Australia) both made their first-class debuts.
 - Bonus Points: South Australia 1.36, New South Wales 1.69
 
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- Queensland won the toss and elected to bat.
 - Bonus Points: Western Australia 1.35, Queensland 2.39
 
Round 6
1–4 February    Scorecard  | 
(H) Victoria   | 
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- New South Wales won the toss and elected to field.
 - Will Pucovski (Victoria) made his first-class debut.
 - Bonus Points: Victoria 0.98, New South Wales 2.08
 
1–4 February    Scorecard  | 
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- South Australia won the toss and elected to field.
 - Bonus Points: South Australia 1.47, Western Australia 1.01
 
1–4 February    Scorecard  | 
(H) Queensland   | 
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- Queensland won the toss and elected to bat.
 - Andrew Perrin (Tasmania) made his first-class debut.
 - Chris Hartley (Queensland) equaled Darren Berry's record of 546 dismissals by a wicket-keeper in the Sheffield Shield.[10]
 - Bonus Points: Queensland 1.71, Tasmania 0.60
 
Round 7
10–13 February    Scorecard  | 
(H) New South Wales   | 
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- New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.
 - Mark Steketee (Queensland) was dismissed under a new law that allows catches to be taken after they hit a close-in fielder's helmet. Steketee was caught off the bat pad's helmet. Such a catch would be deemed not out in a Test match.[11]
 - Bonus Points: New South Wales 2.09, Queensland 1.12
 
10–13 February    Scorecard  | 
(H) Tasmania   | 
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- Western Australia won the toss and elected to field.
 - Cameron Green (Western Australia) made his first-class debut.
 - Bonus Points: Tasmania 0.50, Western Australia 2.41
 
10–13 February    Scorecard  | 
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- South Australia won the toss and elected to field.
 - Sam Harper (Victoria) was hospitalized after being struck on the head by Jake Lehmann's bat. Victoria asked to be allowed to replace Harper with a concussion sub but their request was denied in fear of the game forfeiting its first-class status. Concussion substitutes are, however, allowed in all domestic one-day and Twenty20 games.[12]
 - Bonus Points: Victoria 1.00, South Australia 1.00
 
Round 8
25–28 February    Scorecard  | 
(H) New South Wales   | 
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- Tasmania won the toss and elected to field.
 - No play was possible on day 4 due to rain and a wet outfield.
 - New South Wales 1.03, Tasmania 1.67
 
25–28 February    Scorecard  | 
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- Queensland won the toss and elected to bat.
 - Bonus Points: South Australia 1.00, Queensland 1.18
 
25–28 February    Scorecard  | 
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- Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.
 - Seb Gotch (Victoria) made his first-class debut.
 - Jason Behrendorff (Western Australia) took figures of 9 for 37 in the first innings, the fifth-best figures in Sheffield Shield history.[13]
 - Bonus Points: Western Australia 1.85, Victoria 1.00
 
Round 9
7–10 March    Scorecard  | 
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- South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
 - Just 51 overs of play were possible on day 1 due to rain.
 - Bonus Points: New South Wales 2.86, South Australia 0.89
 
7–10 March    Scorecard  | 
(H) Tasmania   | 
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- Queensland won the toss and elected to field.
 - Bonus Points: Tasmania 0.50, Queensland 1.96
 
Round 10
16–19 March    Scorecard  | 
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- Tasmania won the toss and elected to field.
 - Johnathan Dalton (South Australia) and Gabe Bell (Tasmania) both made their first-class debuts.
 - Ben McDermott (Tasmania) scored his maiden first-class century.[14]
 - Bonus Points: Tasmania 2.32, South Australia 1.25
 
16–19 March    Scorecard  | 
(H) Queensland   | 
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- Victoria won the toss and elected to field.
 - Rain reduced play to just 73 overs on day 1, and just 56 overs on day 2.
 - Bonus Points: Queensland 1.08, Victoria 1.80
 
16–19 March    Scorecard  | 
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- New South Wales won the toss and elected to field.
 - Bonus Points: Western Australia 2.82, New South Wales 1.59
 
Final
26–30 March    Scorecard  | 
(H) Victoria   | 
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- Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.
 - Alex Carey (South Australia) took his 59th dismissal of the tournament, a record for wicket-keeper in a single Sheffield Shield season.[15]
 
Statistics
Most runs
| Player[16] | Team | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | Ave | HS | 100 | 50 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Cowan | 9 | 16 | 3 | 959 | 73.76 | 212 | 3 | 5 | |
| Hilton Cartwright | 10 | 18 | 2 | 861 | 53.81 | 170* | 2 | 5 | |
| George Bailey | 9 | 17 | 3 | 839 | 59.92 | 200* | 2 | 4 | |
| Marcus Harris | 11 | 20 | 1 | 808 | 42.52 | 120 | 2 | 4 | |
| Moises Henriques | 9 | 13 | 1 | 775 | 64.58 | 265 | 2 | 4 | |
Most wickets
| Player[17] | Team | Mat | Inns | Overs | Wkts | Ave | BBI | SR | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chadd Sayers | 11 | 21 | 446.2 | 62 | 19.00 | 7/84 | 43.10 | |
| Jon Holland | 11 | 19 | 361 | 50 | 20.78 | 7/82 | 43.30 | |
| Chris Tremain | 10 | 19 | 296.1 | 42 | 18.97 | 4/22 | 42.30 | |
| Jason Behrendorff | 7 | 13 | 212.4 | 37 | 17.59 | 9/37 | 34.40 | |
| William Somerville | 7 | 13 | 324 | 35 | 23.14 | 8/136 | 55.50 | |
References
- 1 2 "Matador Cup expands to Perth and Brisbane". ESPNCricinfo. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
 - ↑ "Sheffield Shield schedule revealed". Cricket Australia. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
 - ↑ "Cricket Australia announce 2016–17 domestic fixtures". Cric Buzz. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
 - ↑ "Australia's Test cricket players to get a shot at pink-ball in Sheffield Shield day-nighters". Sydney Morning Herald. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
 - ↑ "Victoria seal place in Shield final". ESPN Cricinfo. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
 - 1 2 "Victoria to host final after skittling Queensland for 61". ESPN Cricinfo. 18 March 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
 - ↑ "NSW fall agonisingly short of place in Shield final". ESPN Cricinfo. 19 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
 - 1 2 "Victoria secure historic three-peat". Cricket Australia. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
 - ↑ "Sheffield Shield 2016–17". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
 - ↑ "Hartley scores 102*, equals Shield wicketkeeping record". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
 - ↑ "Steketee falls to rare dismissal at the SCG". cricket.com.au. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
 - ↑ "Concussion sub could have cost Victoria". cricket.com.au. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
 - ↑ "Behrendorff's 9 for 37 stuns Victoria". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
 - ↑ "Mennie takes five; McDermott scores maiden ton". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
 - ↑ "Alex Carey breaks wicketkeeping record". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
 - ↑ "Cricket Records – Records – Sheffield Shield, 2016/17 – Most runs – ESPN Cricinfo". Retrieved 7 November 2016.
 - ↑ "Cricket Records – Records – Sheffield Shield, 2016/17 – Most wickets – ESPN Cricinfo". Retrieved 20 March 2017.
 
