1997–98 Sheffield Shield season

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
Player of the series	Dene Hills (Tas)
Most runs	Dene Hills (1,132)
Most wickets	Colin Miller (67)

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.

Table

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	Drawn	N/R	Points
Western Australia	10	6	3	0	1	0	40
Tasmania	10	6	3	0	1	0	40
Queensland	10	3	4	0	3	0	22
New South Wales	10	3	3	0	4	0	20
Victoria	10	2	4	0	4	0	18
South Australia	10	1	4	0	5	0	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.

Statistics

Most runs

Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	Ave	HS	100	50
Dene Hills	Tasmania	11	21	1	1132	56.60	265	4	2
Laurie Harper	Victoria	10	19	2	965	56.76	207*	4	1
Justin Langer	Western Australia	10	17	1	892	55.75	235	3	2
Dean Jones	Victoria	10	19	3	853	53.31	151*	3	5
Michael Di Venuto	Tasmania	10	18	1	845	49.70	189	1	6

Most wickets

Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Overs	Wkts	Ave	Econ	BBI	BBM	5	10
Colin Miller	Tasmania	11	22	598.2	67	24.50	2.74	7/49	12/119	5	2
Brendon Julian	Western Australia	9	17	324.3	39	25.33	3.04	7/39	8/122	2	0
David Freedman	New South Wales	7	14	399.0	38	24.07	2.69	7/106	11/171	3	2
Jo Angel	Western Australia	9	17	304.1	36	22.22	2.63	4/45	6/103	0	0
Stuart MacGill	New South Wales	6	11	302.2	35	28.14	3.25	6/64	8/181	4	0