| 2018–19 Sheffield Shield | |
| Administrator: | Cricket Australia |
| Cricket Format: | First-class |
| Tournament Format: | Double round-robin and final |
| Champions: | Victoria (32nd title) |
| Participants: | 6 |
| Matches: | 31 |
| Player Of The Series: | Scott Boland |
| Most Runs: | Marcus Harris (1188) |
| Most Wickets: | Trent Copeland (52) |
| Previous Year: | 2017–18 |
| Previous Tournament: | 2017–18 Sheffield Shield season |
| Next Year: | 2019–20 |
| Next Tournament: | 2019–20 Sheffield Shield season |
The 2018–19 Sheffield Shield season was the 117th season of the Sheffield Shield, the Australian domestic first-class cricket competition. The season started on 16 October 2018.[1] For the first time in six seasons, the competition featured no day/night matches.[2] The first five rounds took place prior to the international Test series against India, and in addition the season breaks for the Big Bash League.
Queensland were the defending champions.[3] The final will include the use of the bonus point system that is used during the rest of the competition, in the event that the match ends in a draw.[4]
New South Wales faced Victoria in the Sheffield Shield final at Junction Oval in Melbourne. Victoria beat New South Wales by 177 runs to win their 32nd title.[5]
| Team[6] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 18.98 | 57.98 | ||
| 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 13.72 | 46.72 | ||
| 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11.90 | 43.90 | ||
| 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11.82 | 31.82 | ||
| 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11.59 | 30.59 | ||
| 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 12.51 | 16.51 |
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| Player [7] | Team | Runs | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Harris | 10 | 18 | 1 | 1188 | 69.88 | 250 | 3 | 6 | |
| Matthew Wade | 10 | 20 | 3 | 1021 | 60.05 | 137 | 2 | 8 | |
| Alex Doolan | 10 | 20 | 0 | 761 | 38.05 | 115 | 1 | 6 | |
| Daniel Hughes | 11 | 20 | 1 | 742 | 39.05 | 134 | 2 | 4 | |
| Kurtis Patterson | 11 | 20 | 2 | 724 | 40.22 | 134 | 2 | 4 | |
| Player [8] | Team | Overs | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Copeland | 9 | 17 | 408.2 | 52 | 18.21 | 47.1 | 6/86 | 9/131 | 3 | 0 | |
| Jackson Bird | 10 | 20 | 398.4 | 50 | 22.22 | 47.8 | 7/59 | 11/112 | 4 | 2 | |
| Scott Boland | 10 | 20 | 332.1 | 48 | 19.66 | 41.5 | 7/54 | 9/102 | 2 | 0 | |
| Chris Tremain | 10 | 20 | 326.0 | 45 | 22.42 | 43.4 | 5/13 | 9/137 | 3 | 0 | |
| Mark Steketee | 9 | 17 | 288.2 | 42 | 20.76 | 41.1 | 4/29 | 8/101 | 0 | 0 | |
All Sheffield Shield regular season matches were exclusively streamed live and free on Cricket Australia's official website, with the final broadcast live on Fox Sports' new Fox Cricket channel.[9]