Sheffield Shield 2025-26

Oct 4, 2025 - Mar 30, 2026 · Format：FIRSTCLASS · Matches 31 · Teams 6

The 2025-26 Sheffield Shield season ran from October 4 2025 to March 29 2026, featuring 31 matches across Australia's six state teams. South Australia created history by successfully defending their title for the first time in 133 years, defeating Victoria by 56 runs in a dramatic final at CitiPower Centre, Melbourne. The season marked the 124th edition of Australia's premier first-class competition.

Liam Scott was named Sheffield Shield Player of the Year after amassing 496 runs and 23 wickets. Victoria topped the regular season table with seven wins but collapsed from 102 for 3 to 139 all out on the final day chasing 196, handing South Australia back-to-back championships. Nathan McAndrew was named Player of the Final for his 60 runs and six wickets across the match.

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BATTING

Most Runs

Highest Scores

Best Batting Average

Best Batting Strike Rate

Most Hundreds

Most Fifties

Most Fours

Most Sixes

BOWLING

Most Wickets

Best Bowling Average

Best Bowling

Best Bowling Strike Rate

Best Economy

Most 5 Wickets Haul

Most 4 Wickets Haul

Most runs conceded

Maidens

TEAM

Total Runs

Most Hundreds

Most Fifties

Total Wickets

Highest Score

Lowest Score

Total Match Win

Largest Win (R)

Smallest Win (R)

Largest Win (W)

Smallest Win (W)

Stats

Player	Matches	Inns	Runs	Avg	Sr	4s	6s
Peter Handscomb Victoria	11	21	724	34.48	50.35	76	3
Sam Harper Victoria	11	21	677	35.63	82.86	70	16
Cameron Bancroft Western Australia	10	20	674	33.70	42.79	64	2
Henry Hunt South Australia	11	21	673	35.42	40.25	79	3
Sam Konstas New South Wales	10	20	660	33.00	57.04	73	6
Jake Doran Tasmania	10	19	647	35.94	50.12	70	7
Kurtis Patterson New South Wales	10	20	619	36.41	48.97	68	1
Jordan Silk Tasmania	9	17	586	34.47	53.56	72	2
Tim Ward Tasmania	10	19	583	30.68	44.88	69	3
Jake Lehmann South Australia	11	16	572	35.75	64.85	65	1
Jason Sangha South Australia	11	19	571	33.59	49.78	72	7
Jake Weatherald Tasmania	7	14	562	40.14	79.83	81	6
Liam Scott South Australia	10	14	547	39.07	59.26	47	12
Marnus Labuschagne Queensland	8	14	525	37.50	62.28	58	4
Campbell Kellaway Victoria	10	19	509	26.79	44.22	60	2
Matt Renshaw Queensland	6	10	499	49.90	50.10	53	4
Nathan McSweeney South Australia	10	19	477	28.06	44.25	56	1
Fergus O Neill Victoria	9	17	472	36.31	56.32	54	1
Caleb Jewell Tasmania	10	19	469	24.68	52.11	69	0
Aaron Hardie Western Australia	7	14	436	33.54	47.70	49	2
Marcus Harris Victoria	9	16	435	29.00	35.28	46	2
Alex Carey South Australia	7	12	434	43.40	59.62	37	3
Sam Whiteman Western Australia	10	20	432	21.60	37.80	41	0
Lachlan Hearne Queensland	8	15	431	33.15	64.91	55	1
William Salzmann New South Wales	8	14	418	32.15	56.49	56	1
Jack Clayton Queensland	7	12	418	38.00	45.98	41	5
Jack Edwards New South Wales	7	12	414	51.75	56.63	54	5
Lachlan Shaw New South Wales	6	12	405	36.82	41.93	43	2
Nikhil Chaudhary Tasmania	7	13	393	32.75	75.29	43	5
Josh Philippe New South Wales	6	12	377	31.42	63.90	48	5
Will Sutherland Victoria	8	13	366	30.50	61.62	42	6
Sam Fanning Western Australia	5	10	358	35.80	50.28	46	1
Cameron Green Western Australia	4	8	355	44.38	50.86	29	7
Hilton Cartwright Western Australia	8	16	352	22.00	42.26	40	1
Joel Curtis Western Australia	8	16	349	23.27	47.04	44	1
Oliver Peake Victoria	9	17	323	23.07	40.48	37	2
Beau Webster Tasmania	6	12	318	28.91	47.75	35	2
Matthew Short Victoria	4	8	311	38.88	68.05	38	3
Matthew Gilkes New South Wales	5	10	303	30.30	56.95	38	6
Usman Khawaja Queensland	6	10	291	29.10	53.30	41	0
Blake Macdonald Victoria	5	10	288	32.00	62.34	33	5
Jayden Goodwin Western Australia	5	10	267	26.70	37.93	27	0
Bradley Hope Tasmania	6	11	259	23.55	41.98	38	0
Charles Stobo New South Wales	9	16	254	18.14	43.72	31	5
Corey Rocchiccioli Western Australia	10	19	236	18.15	46.92	20	4
Steven Smith New South Wales	2	3	231	115.50	63.64	35	2
Mitchell Perry Victoria	9	15	227	15.13	33.53	26	0
Jimmy Peirson Queensland	10	16	222	14.80	38.54	18	1
Joel Derek Davies New South Wales	5	9	217	31.00	59.62	32	1
Cooper Connolly Western Australia	4	8	216	30.86	56.84	32	3