1997–98 Sheffield Shield season

Australian cricket tournament

1997–98 Sheffield Shield season
Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin & Final
Champions	Western Australia (14th title)
Participants	6
Matches	31
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 Sheffield Shield season was the 96th season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. Western Australia won the championship.^[1]^[2]

Table

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
Western Australia	10	6	3	1	40
Tasmania	10	6	3	1	40
Queensland	10	3	4	3	22
New South Wales	10	3	3	4	20
Victoria	10	2	4	4	18
South Australia	10	1	4	5	14

Final

20–23 March 1998
Scorecard

Tasmania	v	Western Australia (H)
285 (88.2 overs) Jamie Cox 115* (267) Brendon Julian 4/89 (28 overs)		571 (155.3 overs) Tom Moody 125 (278) Brendon Julian 124 (105) Ben Targett 4/143 (39 overs)
348 (99.4 overs) Michael Di Venuto 189 (273) Mark Atkinson 5/92 (25 overs)		3/63 (15.1 overs) Michael Hussey 39* (53) Mark Ridgway 2/45 (8 overs)

Western Australia won by 7 wickets
Venue: WACA Ground, Perth
Umpires: Darrell Hair and Daryl Harper
Player of the match: Brendon Julian (Western Australia)

Tasmania won the toss and elected to bat.

References

^ Engel, Matthew (2004). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 1344-1345. John Wisden & Company Ltd. ISBN 0-947766-83-9.
^ "Sheffield Shield Table". ESPN Australia.

Australian cricket seasons

Teams

National	Men Women U-19 A Indigenous Cricket Australia XI
State-level	New South Wales Men Women Queensland Men Women South Australia Men Women Tasmania Men Women Victoria Men Women Western Australia Men Women Australian Capital Territory Men (1997–2000) Women Cricket Australia XI (2015–18) New Zealand (1969–75)
Notes	Italics indicate that the team no longer competes in state cricket.
BBL/WBBL	Adelaide Strikers BBL WBBL Brisbane Heat BBL WBBL Hobart Hurricanes BBL WBBL Melbourne Renegades BBL WBBL Melbourne Stars BBL WBBL Perth Scorchers BBL WBBL Sydney Sixers BBL WBBL Sydney Thunder BBL WBBL

First-class

Sheffield Shield	1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

Sheffield Shield

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List A

One-day league	1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
WNCL	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

One-day league

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1970–71
1971–72
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Twenty20

KFC T20 Big Bash	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11
BBL	BBL\|01 BBL\|02 BBL\|03 BBL\|04 BBL\|05 BBL\|06 BBL\|07 BBL\|08 BBL\|09 BBL\|10 BBL\|11 BBL\|12 BBL\|13
Women's T20 Cup	2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15
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- Men
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Australian Capital Territory
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Italics indicate that the team no longer competes in state cricket

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