2007–08 Pura Cup season

2007–08 Pura Cup
Administrator(s)	Cricket Australia
Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Round robin
Champions	New South Wales (45th title)
Participants	6
Matches played	30, plus final
Man of the Series	Simon Katich (NSW)
Most runs	Simon Katich (NSW) (1,506)
Most wickets	Doug Bollinger (NSW) (45)

The 2007–08 Pura Cup was the 115th season of official first-class domestic cricket in Australia. Six teams representing six states in Australia participated in the competition. The 2007 competition began on 12 October, when the previous season's champions, Tasmania took on Queensland at the Gabba. New South Wales were crowned champions for the 45th time in their history as they beat Victoria by 258 runs in the Pura Cup final.

Table

The top two teams after each round is played will compete for the Pura Cup final. The match will be contested at the home ground of the side that finishes first. For an explanation of how points are rewarded, see Pura Cup Points System.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	Quo
New South Wales	39	10	6	4	0	1.680
Victoria	39	10	6	2	2	1.208
Western Australia	32	10	5	2	3	1.326
Tasmania	16	10	2	4	4	0.737
South Australia	14.5	10	2	1	7	0.713
Queensland	12	10	1	3	6	0.705

Teams

Club	Home Ground	Captain
New South Wales Blues	Sydney Cricket Ground	Simon Katich
Queensland Bulls	Brisbane Cricket Ground	Jimmy Maher
Southern Redbacks	Adelaide Oval	Nathan Adcock
Tasmanian Tigers	Bellerive Oval	Daniel Marsh
Victorian Bushrangers	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Cameron White
Western Warriors	WACA Ground	Adam Voges

Fixtures

Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 4

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Round 5

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Round 6

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Round 7

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Round 8

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Round 9

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Round 10

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Final

Statistics

Highest Team Totals

Team	Total	Opponent	Ground
New South Wales	8/601 dec.	Queensland	Sydney Cricket Ground
Victoria	5/581 dec.	Queensland	Brisbane Cricket Ground
Western Australia	5/565 dec.	Queensland	WACA Ground
New South Wales	8/563 dec.	Victoria	Sydney Cricket Ground
Queensland	6/544 dec.	Tasmania	Brisbane Cricket Ground

Most Runs

Player	Runs	Inns	Avg	HS	100s	50s
Simon Katich (New South Wales)	1,506	17	94.12	306	5	8
David Hussey (Victoria)	1,008	20	56.00	104	2	8
Michael Di Venuto (Tasmania)	947	19	52.61	178	3	5
Justin Langer (Western Australia)	770	19	45.29	131	3	2
Brad Hodge (Victoria)	762	17	47.62	134	2	3

Highest Scores

Player	Score	Opponent	Ground	4s	6s
Simon Katich (New South Wales)	306	Queensland	Sydney Cricket Ground	30	9
Brad Hodge (Victoria)	286*	Queensland	Brisbane Cricket Ground	34	4
Graham Manou (South Australia)	190	Tasmania	Bellerive Oval	22	0
Shane Watson (Queensland)	190	South Australia	Adelaide Oval	19	3
Simon Katich (New South Wales)	189	Western Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	27	0

Most Wickets

Player	Wkts	Mts	Ave	S/R	BBI	BBM	5WI	10WM
Doug Bollinger (New South Wales)	45	7	15.44	31.1	6/63	12/131	5	2
Ashley Noffke (Queensland)	43	9	21.25	47.4	6/33	7/147	5	0
Matthew Inness (Western Australia)	40	9	20.12	43.5	6/83	7/94	3	0
Bryce McGain (Victoria)	38	11	34.15	67.4	5/68	6/128	2	0
Ryan Harris (South Australia)	37	10	29.86	60.3	7/108	9/171	1	0

Best Bowling Figures (Innings)

Player	Overs	Figures	Opponent	Ground
Shaun Tait (South Australia)	16.1	7/29	Queensland	Brisbane Cricket Ground
Jason Gillespie (South Australia)	20.0	7/58	Western Australia	Adelaide Oval
Ben Edmondson (Western Australia)	28.0	7/95	Queensland	Brisbane Cricket Ground
Ryan Harris (South Australia)	32.0	7/108	Tasmania	Adelaide Oval
Gerard Denton (Victoria)	20.1	6/32	Tasmania	Melbourne Cricket Ground

See also

• Australian One Day Domestic season 2007-08
• KFC Twenty20 Big Bash season 2007-08
• Australian cricket team in 2007-08

External links

• Cricket Web
• Cricket Australia
• Baggygreen

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