The 2012–13 Sheffield Shield season was the 111th season of the Sheffield Shield, the Australian domestic first-class cricket competition. The competition was won by Tasmania. It was one of the most tightly contested seasons in many years, with all six teams having a chance to make the final heading into the last round of the regular season.
| Administrator(s) | Cricket Australia |
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| Cricket format | First-class |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin |
| Champions | Tasmania (3rd title) |
| Participants | 6 |
| Most runs | Ricky Ponting (Tasmania) – 911 runs |
| Most wickets | Chadd Sayers (South Australia) – 48 wickets |
Table
edit| Team | Pld | WO | WI | D | LO | LI | Pts | Quot |
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 Tasmania
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10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 1.3755 |
 Queensland
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10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 0.9896 |
 New South Wales
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10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 1.1526 |
 Victoria
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10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 0.9453 |
 Western Australia
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10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 0.8198 |
 South Australia
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10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 0.8533 |
Updated to completion of season.[1]
Fixtures
editSeptember 2012
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- New South Wales won the toss and elected to field
- Points: New South Wales 6, Western Australia 0
26–29 September
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(H) New South Wales
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- New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat
- Points: New South Wales 2, Tasmania 0
30 September – 2 October
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- Victoria won the toss and elected to field
- Points: Victoria 6, Western Australia 0
October 2012
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(H) Queensland
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- South Australia won the toss and elected to field
- Points: Queensland 6, South Australia 0
9–12 October
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- Tasmania won the toss and elected to bat
- Points: Tasmania 6, South Australia 0
10–13 October
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(H) Queensland
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- Victoria won the toss and elected to field
- Points: Victoria 6, Queensland 0
23–26 October
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- Victoria won the toss and elected to field
- Points: Tasmania 2, Victoria 0
23–26 October
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(H) South Australia
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- South Australia won the toss and elected to bat
- Points: Queensland 2, South Australia 0
November 2012
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- Tasmania won the toss and elected to field
- Points: South Australia 6, Tasmania 2
1–4 November
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Victoria (H) | |
- Victoria won the toss and elected to field
- Points: Victoria 6, Western Australia 2
2–5 November
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Queensland (H) | |
- Queensland won the toss and elected to field
- Points: Queensland 6, New South Wales 0
9–12 November
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(H) Tasmania
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- Queensland won the toss and elected to field
- Points: Queensland 6, Tasmania 0
12–15 November
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- Western Australia won the toss and elected to bat
- Points: Western Australia 6, South Australia 0
13–16 November
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(H) New South Wales
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- New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat
- Rain reduced play on the final day to 5 overs
- Points: Victoria 2, New South Wales 0
- First class debut: Louis Cameron (Victoria)
23–26 November
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(H) Victoria
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- South Australia won the toss and elected to field
- Points: South Australia 6, Victoria 0
26–29 November
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- Western Australia won the toss and elected to bat
- Points: Tasmania 6, Western Australia 0
27–30 November
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- Queensland won the toss and elected to bat
- Points: New South Wales 6, Queensland 0
- First class debut: Adam Zampa (New South Wales)
January 2013
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- New South Wales won the toss and elected to field
- Points: New South Wales 2, Western Australia 0
- First class debuts: Ashton Agar (Western Australia) and Hilton Cartwright (New South Wales)
24–27 January
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- Victoria won the toss and elected to bat
- Points: South Australia 6, Victoria 2
- First class debut: James Muirhead (Victoria)
February 2013
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- Queensland won the toss and elected to field
- Points: Western Australia 6, Queensland 2
6–9 February
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(H) Tasmania
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- Tasmania won the toss and elected to bat
- Points: New South Wales 2, Tasmania 0
18–21 February
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- Queensland won the toss and elected to bat
- Points: Victoria 6, Queensland 0
- First-class debuts: Ronan McDonald and Dominic Michael (Queensland); Clive Rose (Victoria)
19–22 February
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- New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat
- Points South Australia 6, New South Wales 0
- First-class debut: Alex Carey (South Australia)
21–24 February
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- Western Australia won the toss and elected to field
- Points: Western Australia 6, Tasmania 2
March 2013
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- Queensland won the toss and elected to field
- Points: Tasmania 6, Queensland 2
- First-class debut: Jordan Silk (Tasmania)
7–10 March
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(H) Victoria
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- Victoria won the toss and elected to bat
- Points: New South Wales 6, Victoria 0
- First-class debut: Gurinder Sandhu (New South Wales)
7–10 March
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(H) South Australia
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- Western Australia won the toss and elected to field
- Points: Western Australia 6, South Australia 2
14–17 March
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(H) Tasmania
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- Victoria won the toss and elected to field
- Points: Tasmania 6, Victoria 0
- First-class debut: Ryan Sidebottom (Victoria)
14–17 March
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- New South Wales won the toss and elected to field
- Points: New South Wales 6, South Australia 0
- First-class debut: Daniel Hughes (New South Wales)
14–17 March
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- Western Australia won the toss and elected to field
- Points: Queensland 6, Western Australia 2
Final
editStatistics
editMost runs
edit| Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Not Out | Runs | HS | Average | 100s | 50s |
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| Ricky Ponting | Tasmania
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9 | 16 | 4 | 911 | 200* | 75.91 | 3 | 4 |
| Mark Cosgrove | Tasmania
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11 | 20 | 0 | 784 | 104 | 39.20 | 1 | 7 |
| Chris Rogers | Victoria
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10 | 17 | 2 | 742 | 131 | 49.46 | 3 | 1 |
| Alex Doolan | Tasmania
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10 | 18 | 1 | 715 | 149 | 42.05 | 1 | 4 |
| Phillip Hughes | South Australia
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6 | 12 | 0 | 673 | 158 | 56.08 | 2 | 3 |
High scores
edit| Player | Team | Runs | Balls | Opponent | Ground | Date |
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| Ricky Ponting | Tasmania
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200* | 349 | New South Wales |
Hobart | 6 February 2013 |
| Callum Ferguson | South Australia
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164 | 342 | Queensland |
Adelaide | 23 October 2012 |
| Ricky Ponting | Tasmania
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162* | 242 | Victoria |
Melbourne | 23 October 2012 |
| Moisés Henriques | New South Wales
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161* | 229 | Tasmania |
Sydney | 26 September 2012 |
| Phillip Hughes | South Australia
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158 | 256 | Victoria |
Melbourne | 23 November 2012 |
Most wickets
edit| Player | Team | Matches | Overs | Runs | Wickets | Average | BBI |
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| Chadd Sayers | South Australia
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9 | 353.0 | 889 | 48 | 18.52 | 6/49 |
| Luke Butterworth | Tasmania
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11 | 376.4 | 936 | 45 | 20.80 | 6/49 |
| James Faulkner | Tasmania
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10 | 282.4 | 793 | 39 | 20.33 | 5/23 |
| Joe Mennie | South Australia
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6 | 234.0 | 727 | 33 | 22.03 | 6/43 |
| Michael Hogan | Western Australia
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9 | 300.5 | 750 | 30 | 25.00 | 5/40 |
Best bowling
edit| Player | Team | Figures | Overs | Opponent | Ground | Date |
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| Gary Putland | South Australia
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7/64 | 12.0 | Victoria |
Melbourne | 23 November 2012 |
| Jackson Bird | Tasmania
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6/25 | 20.0 | Western Australia |
Hobart | 25 November 2012 |
| James Pattinson | Victoria
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6/32 | 14.4 | Queensland |
Brisbane | 10 October 2012 |
| Joe Mennie | South Australia
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6/43 | 21.0 | Tasmania |
Adelaide | 24 January 2013 |
| Luke Butterworth | Tasmania
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6/49 | 21.0 | South Australia |
Adelaide | 9 October 2012 |
References
edit- ^ "Sheffield Shield 2012/13 Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 December 2022.