2010–11 Sheffield Shield season

2010–11 Sheffield Shield
Administrator(s)	Cricket Australia
Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin
Champions	Tasmania (2nd title)
Participants	6
Matches played	30, plus final
Most runs	Mark Cosgrove (Tasmania) –762 runs
Most wickets	Luke Butterworth (Tasmania) – 45 wickets

The 2010–11 Sheffield Shield season was the 118th season of the Sheffield Shield, the first-class domestic cricket competition of Australia. The season began on 8 October 2010, and ended on 21 March 2011 at the Bellerive Oval, Hobart, with the Tasmanian Tigers winning their second shield.

Teams

Club	Home Ground	Captain
New South Wales Blues	Sydney Cricket Ground	Simon Katich
Queensland Bulls	Brisbane Cricket Ground	James Hopes
Southern Redbacks	Adelaide Oval	Michael Klinger
Tasmanian Tigers	Bellerive Oval	George Bailey
Victorian Bushrangers	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Cameron White
Western Warriors	WACA Ground	Marcus North

Table

The top two teams after each round is played will compete for the Sheffield Shield final. The match will be contested at the home ground of the side that finishes first. In the result of a draw, the team that finished on top of the ladder, and hence hosting the match will be awarded the title. For an explanation of how points are awarded, see Sheffield Shield Points System.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	Quotient	For		Against
Tasmania	44	10	7	1	2	1.287	142	4024	172	3786
New South Wales	38	10	6	2	2	1.355	145	4916	180	4503
Queensland	26	10	4	3	3	1.001	146	3987	142	3873
Western Australia	22	10	3	2	5	0.901	171	4891	151	4795
Victoria	20	10	3	3	4	0.914	165	4976	161	5312
South Australia	12	10	1	1	8	0.722	187	4754	150	5279

Last Updated on 19 March 2011.^[1]

Fixtures and results

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Final

Statistics

Most runs

Player	Team	Matches	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Mark Cosgrove	Tasmania	11	18	806	53.73	159	2	3
Rob Quiney	Victoria	10	19	724	42.58	106	2	4
Phil Jaques	New South Wales	11	21	674	33.70	129	2	1
Aaron Finch	Victoria	10	20	645	33.94	84	0	5
Chris Lynn	Queensland	9	15	641	49.80	172	2	2

Updated to end of competition^[2]

Highest scores

Runs	Balls	Player	Team	Opponent	Ground
214	294	Usman Khawaja	New South Wales	South Australia	Adelaide Oval
172	287	Chris Lynn	Queensland	Victoria	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
163	116	Andrew McDonald	Victoria	Western Australia	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth
160*	235	George Bailey	Tasmania	Victoria	Bellerive Oval, Hobart
159	194	Mark Cosgrove	Tasmania	Victoria	Melbourne Cricket Ground

Updated to end of competition^[3]

Most wickets

Player	Team	Matches	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W
Luke Butterworth	Tasmania	10	301.5	45	17.53	6/51	2
Trent Copeland	New South Wales	10	451.0	45	24.68	6/51	1
Adam Maher	Tasmania	9	265.0	37	18.21	5/14	1
James Faulkner	Tasmania	9	206.0	36	17.72	5/5	2
Ryan Duffield	Western Australia	7	230.1	33	22.90	6/77	1

Updated to end of competition^[4]

Best bowling

Figures	Overs	Player	Team	Opponent	Ground
8/35	15.3	Darren Pattinson	Victoria	Western Australia	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth
7/75	24.1	Chris Swan	Queensland	South Australia	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
6/22	11.0	Mark Cameron	New South Wales	Queensland	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
6/37	12.0	Luke Feldman	Queensland	Victoria	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
6/50	22.0	James Hopes	Queensland	South Australia	Adelaide Oval

Updated to end of competition^[5]

References

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