| 1997–98 Sheffield Shield season | |
| Cricket Format: | First-class |
| Tournament Format: | Double round-robin & Final |
| Champions: | Western Australia |
| Count: | 14 |
| Participants: | 6 |
| Matches: | 31 |
| Player Of The Series: | Dene Hills (Tas) [1] |
| Most Runs: | Dene Hills (1,132) |
| Most Wickets: | Colin Miller (67) |
| Previous Year: | 1996–97 |
| Previous Tournament: | 1996–97 Sheffield Shield season |
| Next Year: | 1998–99 |
| Next Tournament: | 1998–99 Sheffield Shield season |
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.[2] [3]
| width=175 | 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 | |
| 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 |
| Player [4] | Team | Runs | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dene Hills | 11 | 21 | 1 | 1132 | 56.60 | 265 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Laurie Harper | 10 | 19 | 2 | 965 | 56.76 | 207 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Justin Langer | 10 | 17 | 1 | 892 | 55.75 | 235 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Dean Jones | 10 | 19 | 3 | 853 | 53.31 | 151 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Michael Di Venuto | 10 | 18 | 1 | 845 | 49.70 | 189 | 1 | 6 |
| Player[5] | Team | Overs | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Miller | 11 | 22 | 598.2 | 67 | 24.50 | 2.74 | 7/49 | 12/119 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Brendon Julian | 9 | 17 | 324.3 | 39 | 25.33 | 3.04 | 7/39 | 8/122 | 2 | 0 | ||
| David Freedman | 7 | 14 | 399.0 | 38 | 24.07 | 2.69 | 7/106 | 11/171 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Jo Angel | 9 | 17 | 304.1 | 36 | 22.22 | 2.63 | 4/45 | 6/103 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stuart MacGill | 6 | 11 | 302.2 | 35 | 28.14 | 3.25 | 6/64 | 8/181 | 4 | 0 |