Sheffield Shield 2014/15

The Sheffield Shield 2014/15 was the 122nd season of the national first-class cricket competition in Australia . The winner was Victoria , who won her 28th Sheffield Shield.

format

The teams played two games in each division against each other. A team received 6 points for a win and 3 points for a draw (both teams achieve the same number of runs ). If no result is achieved and the game ends in a draw, both teams get 1 point. Additionally there is the possibility to collect bonus points in the first 100 overs of the first inning . Thereby 0.01 batting bonus points are distributed per run that are achieved more than 200 runs, each 0.5 bowling bonus points are awarded for reaching the 5, 7, 9 wicket. Furthermore, it is possible that teams are deducted points if, for example, they play too slowly or the pitch is not properly prepared. At the end of the season, the winner of the division is the winner of the Sheffield Shield.

Results

table

The table of the season took the following shape at the end of the season. All point deductions were corrections of bonus points that were achieved up to the abortion of ongoing games after Phillip Hughes' death in the game New South Wales against South Australia.

Teams	Sp.	S.	N	R.	Bat	Bwl	Ded	Points
Victoria	10	6th	3	1	9.43	11.5	0.5	57.43
Western Australia	10	5	1	4th	7.71	9	0.87	49.84
New South Wales	10	5	3	2	6.76	8.5	0	47.26
Queensland	10	4th	5	1	7.99	8th	1.5	39.49
Tasmania	10	2	6th	2	4.28	9.5	0.17	27.61
South Australia	10	2	6th	2	7.91	3.5	0	25.41

Games

Round 1

October 31 - November 3 scorecard	Melbourne	New South Wales 366 (120.5) & 271 (104)	-	Victoria 507-5d (122) & 131-1 (21.2)
		Victoria wins with 9 wickets

October 31 - November 3 scorecard	Adelaide	Queensland 443-8d (124.2) & 152 (61.4)	-	South Australia 368-4d (111.3) & 228-2 (50.2)
		South Australia wins with 8 wickets

October 31 - November 3 scorecard	Perth	Tasmania 215 (86.2) & 242 (79.5)	-	Western Australia 353 (105.1) & 105-3 (27.5)
		Western Australia wins with 7 wickets

round 2

November 8-11 Scorecard	Hobart	Victoria 279 (91.1) & 173 (60.5)	-	Tasmania 253 (65.5) & 200-2 (55.1)
		Tasmania wins with 8 wickets

November 8-11 Scorecard	Adelaide	New South Wales 230 (102.2) & 392-5d (104)	-	South Australia 293 (88.2) & 161 (78.3)
		New South Wales wins with 168 runs

November 8-11 Scorecard	Perth	Queensland 163 (64.4) & 210 (78)	-	Western Australia 357 (132) & 18-2 (9.4)
		Western Australia wins with 8 wickets

Round 3

November 16-19 Scorecard	Hobart	Western Australia 301 (124.2) & 270-6d (92)	-	Tasmania 247 (84.4) & 215-8 (71)
		draw

November 16-19 Scorecard	Brisbane	Queensland 472-9d (123.4) & 200-8d (40.4)	-	New South Wales 302 (89.5) & 182 (59.4)
		Queensland wins with 188 runs

November 16-19 Scorecard	Adelaide	South Australia 431-8d (118.5) & 130 (40.3)	-	Victoria 607-7d (182)
		Victoria wins with one innings and 46 runs

Round 4

The game between South Australia and New South Wales was abandoned on Matchday 1 when Phillip Hughes was hit in the head by a bouncer and, after a successful resuscitation, was taken to hospital, where he was placed in an artificial coma. The next day the other two games were also canceled.

November 25-28 Scorecard	Sydney	South Australia 136-2d	-	New South Wales
		Game canceled

November 25-28 Scorecard	Melbourne	Western Australia 287-5 (96)	-	Victoria
		Game canceled

November 25-28 Scorecard	Brisbane	Tasmania 217 (78.1)	-	Queensland 73-1 (15)
		Game canceled

Round 5

December 9-12 Scorecard	Sydney	Queensland 268 (83.5) & 99 (43.2)	-	New South Wales 447 (153.2)
		New South Wales wins with one innings and 78 runs

December 9-12 Scorecard	Hobart	Tasmania 362 (113) & 298-8d (71)	-	South Australia 302 (92.2) & 45 (38.3)
		Tasmania wins with 313 runs

December 9-12 Scorecard	Perth	Victoria 350 (112.5) & 341-3d (58.4)	-	Western Australia 287 (88.5) & 287 (83)
		Victoria wins with 117 runs

Round 6

February 7-10 scorecard	Hobart	Tasmania 272 (83.3) & 213 (87.4)	-	New South Wales 576-9d (157)
		New South Wales wins with one innings and 91 runs

February 7-10 scorecard	Brisbane	Victoria 260 (68) & 239 (89.1)	-	Queensland 512 (120.4)
		Queensland wins with one innings and 13 runs

February 7-10 scorecard	Perth	South Australia 328 (85) & 260 (86.4)	-	Western Australia 467-9d (137.2) 122-2 (27)
		Western Australia wins with 8 wickets

Round 7

February 15-18 Scorecard	Wagga Wagga	New South Wales 206 (86.2) & 233 (47.3)	-	Victoria 114 (50.1) & 169 (67.3)
		New South Wales wins with 156 runs

February 16-19 Scorecard	Hobart	Tasmania 149 (46.3) & 121 (36.1)	-	Queensland 320 (81.2)
		Queensland wins with one innings and 50 runs

February 16-19 Scorecard	Adelaide	South Australia 469 (131) & 238 (78.3)	-	Western Australia 633 (159.3) & 72-4 (8)
		draw

Round 8

February 24-27 Scorecard	Adelaide	Tasmania 364 (122.3) & 219-5d (64)	-	South Australia 295 (102.3) & 291-5 (79)
		South Australia wins with 5 wickets

February 25-28 Scorecard	Alice Springs	Queensland 207 (98) & 168 (58.4)	-	Victoria 389 (118)
		Victoria wins with one innings and 14 runs

February 25-28 Scorecard	Newcastle	New South Wales 345 (116) & 97 (54)	-	Western Australia 300 (131.1) & 143-3 (52)
		Western Australia wins with 7 wickets

Round 9

March 5-8 Scorecard	Sydney	Tasmania 237 (91.5) & 183 (62)	-	New South Wales 394 (143) & 27 (11)
		New South Wales wins with 10 wickets

March 5-8 Scorecard	Brisbane	Western Australia 417-7d (146.5) & 173 (50.5)	-	Queensland 279-7d (94) & 216 (69.3)
		Western Australia wins with 95 runs

March 5-8 Scorecard	Adelaide	Victoria 534-6d (143)	-	South Australia 175 (57) & 358 (125.2) (f / o)
		Victoria wins with one innings and one run

Round 10

March 13-16 Scorecard	Brisbane	South Australia 230 (65.1) & 458 (109.1)	-	Queensland 390 (132) & 301-5 (63.4)
		Queensland wins with 5 wickets

March 13-16 Scorecard	Alice Springs	Victoria 449 (128.3) & 230-2d (49)	-	Tasmania 145 (44.1) & 134 (53.5)
		Victoria wins with 400 runs

March 13-16 Scorecard	Perth	New South Wales 407 (113.4)	-	Western Australia 483-4d (206.1)
		draw

final

March 21-25	Hobart	Western Australia 421 (134) & 293-2d (55)	-	Victoria 381 (153.5) & 158-4 (95)
		draw

Because of the draw, Victoria was declared the winner of the Sheffield Shield.

statistics

Runs

Most of the runs of the season were scored by the following players:

player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Adam Voges	Western Australia	11	20th	1,358	104.46	249	6th	5
Michael Klinger	Western Australia	11	20th	1,046	58.11	190	4th	3
Cam Bancroft	Western Australia	11	19th	896	47.15	211	3	3
Callum Ferguson	South Australia	10	19th	836	52.25	140	4th	3
Ed Cowan	Tasmania	9	17th	815	47.94	158	5	2

Wickets

Most of the season's wickets were scored by the following players:

player	team	Balls	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W
Fawad Ahmed	Victoria	2.154	48	24.85	8/89	3
Andrew Fekete	Tasmania	1,781	37	24.10	5/66	2
Nathan Rimmington	Western Australia	1,802	35	24.22	5/27	2
Ashton agar	Western Australia	1.909	31	30.48	5/81	2
James Hopes	Queensland	1,816	30th	21.93	5/60	1

Individual evidence

↑ Points Table, Sheffield Shield ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
↑ Sheffield Shield 2014/15 Table ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
↑ Batting and Fielding in Sheffield Shield 2014/15 (Ordered by Runs) ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
↑ Bowling in Sheffield Shield 2014/15 (Ordered by Wickets) ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved July 22, 2015.

[1] Points Table, Sheffield Shield ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 21, 2015.

[2] Sheffield Shield 2014/15 Table ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved July 21, 2015.

[StatRunsDivision1-3] Batting and Fielding in Sheffield Shield 2014/15 (Ordered by Runs) ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved July 22, 2015.

[StatWicketsDivision1-4] Bowling in Sheffield Shield 2014/15 (Ordered by Wickets) ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved July 22, 2015.