Sheffield Shield season 2008-09
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The 2008–09 Sheffield Shield season was the 116th season of official first-class
domestic cricket in Australia
. After nine seasons of being named the Pura Cup, it was announced that the Australian interstate trophy would return to its previous name of the Sheffield Shield as part of a new sponsorship agreement with Weet-Bix
. The season began on 10 October 2008 when the Queensland
took on Tasmania
at the Brisbane Cricket Ground
. The Victorian Bushrangers
claimed the title following a draw with Queensland in the final at the Junction Oval.
Final, as of 8 March
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First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
domestic cricket in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. After nine seasons of being named the Pura Cup, it was announced that the Australian interstate trophy would return to its previous name of the Sheffield Shield as part of a new sponsorship agreement with Weet-Bix
Weet-Bix
Weet-Bix is a high-fibre breakfast biscuit manufactured in Australia and New Zealand by the Sanitarium Health Food Company, and in South Africa by Bokomo....
. The season began on 10 October 2008 when the Queensland
Queensland Bulls
The Queensland cricket team, nicknamed the Bulls, are the Brisbane-based Queensland representative cricket team in Australia's domestic cricket tournaments:*Sheffield Shield, 4-day matches with first-class status, since the 1926/27 season...
took on Tasmania
Tasmanian Tigers
The Tasmanian cricket team, nicknamed the Tigers, represents the Australian state of Tasmania in cricket tournaments. They compete annually in the Australian domestic senior men's cricket season, which currently consists of the first-class Sheffield Shield, the limited overs Ford Ranger Cup, and...
at the Brisbane Cricket Ground
Brisbane Cricket Ground
The Brisbane Cricket Ground, commonly known as The Gabba, is a major sports stadium in Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. It is named after the suburb of Woolloongabba, in which it is located....
. The Victorian Bushrangers
Victorian Bushrangers
The Victorian cricket team, nicknamed the Bushrangers, is an Australian cricket team based in Melbourne, that represents the state of Victoria. It is administered by Cricket Victoria and draws its players from Melbourne's Premier Cricket competition...
claimed the title following a draw with Queensland in the final at the Junction Oval.
Table
The top two teams after each round is played will compete for the Sheffield Shield final. The match will be contested at the home ground of the side that finishes first. For an explanation of how points are rewarded, see Sheffield Shield Points System.Final, as of 8 March
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | Quo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1.520 | |
| 28 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.949 | |
| 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1.064 | |
| 26 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.881 | |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.836 | |
| 18 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.878 |
Teams
| Club | Home Ground | Captain |
|---|---|---|
| New South Wales Blues New South Wales Blues The New South Wales cricket team are an Australian first class cricket team based in Sydney, New South Wales... |
Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Cricket Ground The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian... |
Simon Katich Simon Katich Simon Matthew Katich is an Australian cricketer. He is the captain of the New South Wales Blues, and also captained, up until the end of the 2007 season, Derbyshire County Cricket Club... |
| Queensland Bulls Queensland Bulls The Queensland cricket team, nicknamed the Bulls, are the Brisbane-based Queensland representative cricket team in Australia's domestic cricket tournaments:*Sheffield Shield, 4-day matches with first-class status, since the 1926/27 season... |
Brisbane Cricket Ground Brisbane Cricket Ground The Brisbane Cricket Ground, commonly known as The Gabba, is a major sports stadium in Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. It is named after the suburb of Woolloongabba, in which it is located.... |
Chris Simpson |
| Southern Redbacks Southern Redbacks The South Australia cricket team, nicknamed the Southern Redbacks and known as the West End Redbacks due to their sponsorship agreement with local brewers West End, are an Australian first class cricket team based in Adelaide, South Australia, and represent the state of South Australia... |
Adelaide Oval Adelaide Oval The Adelaide Oval is a sports ground in Adelaide, South Australia, located in the parklands between the Central Business District and North Adelaide... |
Graham Manou Graham Manou Graham Allan Manou is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Southern Redbacks in Australian domestic cricket. He is a wicket-keeper and aggressive right-handed batsman who has taken more dismissals than any other South Australian player in One Day domestic cricket.Manou was a successful junior... |
| Tasmanian Tigers Tasmanian Tigers The Tasmanian cricket team, nicknamed the Tigers, represents the Australian state of Tasmania in cricket tournaments. They compete annually in the Australian domestic senior men's cricket season, which currently consists of the first-class Sheffield Shield, the limited overs Ford Ranger Cup, and... |
Bellerive Oval Bellerive Oval Bellerive Oval, also known as its sponsored name Blundstone Arena, is primarily a cricket and Australian Rules Football ground located in Bellerive, City of Clarence, on the eastern shore of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia... |
Daniel Marsh Daniel Marsh Daniel James Marsh was an Australian cricketer who captained the Tasmanian Tigers. The son of former Australian keeper Rod Marsh, Dan was a right-handed batsman and a handy slow left-arm orthodox bowler... |
| Victorian Bushrangers Victorian Bushrangers The Victorian cricket team, nicknamed the Bushrangers, is an Australian cricket team based in Melbourne, that represents the state of Victoria. It is administered by Cricket Victoria and draws its players from Melbourne's Premier Cricket competition... |
Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Cricket Ground The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light... |
Cameron White Cameron White Cameron Leon White is an Australian cricketer and current Australian Twenty20 captain. A powerful middle order batsman and right-arm leg-spin bowler, White made his first-class cricket debut as a teenager in the 2000–01 season for the Victorian Bushrangers as a bowling all-rounder... |
| Western Warriors Western Warriors The Western Australia cricket team are an Australian first class cricket team representing the state of Western Australia... |
WACA Ground WACA Ground The WACA is a sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia. WACA are the initials of its owners and operators, the Western Australian Cricket Association.... |
Marcus North Marcus North Marcus James North is an Australian cricketer, who scored centuries on both his Test and Ashes debuts. He has also played for the Australian Cricket Academy, Western Australia, Australia A, Durham, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Lancashire and Hampshire.He is a left-handed batsman and right arm... |
Round 1
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Round 2
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Round 3
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Round 4
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Round 5
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Round 6
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Round 7
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Round 8
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Round 9
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Final
Most Runs
| Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Michael KlingerMichael Klinger Michael Klinger is a first-class cricketer with the South Australia Redbacks. His nickname is "Maxy", after the M*A*S*H character Maxwell Klinger.... |
10 | 19 | 1203 | 70.76 | 255 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Chris Rogers Chris Rogers (cricketer) Christopher John Llewellyn Rogers is an Australian cricketer.Rogers is a left-handed opening batsman and a left-handed leg-break bowler... |
11 | 19 | 1195 | 74.68 | 159 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Phil Hughes |
7 | 13 | 891 | 74.25 | 198 | 4 | 3 | |||
| As 17 March | ||||||||||
Most Wickets
| Player | Team | Matches | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Dorey Brett Dorey Brett Raymond Dorey is an Australian cricketer. He played four One Day Internationals for the Australia national cricket team in 2006, picking up two wickets. He played domestic first-class and one-day cricket for the Western Warriors from the 2004–05 to 2010–11 seasons.-Life and career:Dorey was... |
10 | 365.3 | 42 | 24.11 | 6/28 | 4 | |||
| Dirk Nannes Dirk Nannes Dirk Peter Nannes is a Dutch Australian cricketer. A left-arm fast bowler, he plays for the Australian cricket team, the Victorian Bushrangers, the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League, and Fitzroy-Doncaster in Victorian club cricket. He has also represented the Netherlands... |
8 | 235.0 | 38 | 21.00 | 7/50 | 1 | |||
| Steve Magoffin Steve Magoffin Steven James "Steve" Magoffin is an Australian cricketer currently playing with the Queensland cricket team... |
9 | 331.3 | 38 | 22.86 | 6/66 | 1 | |||
| As 17 March | |||||||||