2020–21 Sheffield Shield season
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The 2020–21 Sheffield Shield season was the 119th season of the Sheffield Shield, the Australian domestic first-class cricket competition.[1] On 26 June 2020, Cricket Australia confirmed all the squads for the 2020–21 domestic cricket season.[2][3] Cricket Australia also confirmed that the tournament would use the Kookaburra ball for all the matches,[4] after using the Duke ball since the 2016–17 season.[5] New South Wales were the defending champions.[6][7]
Dates | 10 October 2020 – 19 April 2021 |
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Administrator(s) | Cricket Australia |
Cricket format | First-class |
Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and final |
Champions | Queensland (9th title) |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 25 |
Player of the series | Nathan Lyon (NSW) |
Most runs | Cameron Green (922) |
Most wickets | Nathan Lyon (42) |
← 2019–20 2021–22 → |
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the first four rounds of the season are being played at four venues in Adelaide.[8] With further restrictions due to the pandemic in Australia, the first round match between New South Wales and Victoria was scheduled to take place from 17 November 2020,[9] because of extra measures for people travelling into South Australia from Victoria.[10] However, on 12 October 2020, Victoria's first two matches were postponed due to the extra quarantine restrictions.[11]
Round three of the tournament saw a new record partnership set in a Sheffield Shield match. Marcus Harris and Will Pucovski of Victoria scored 486 runs for the first wicket, in the match against South Australia.[12] The previous record was held by Mark and Steve Waugh, making 464 for New South Wales against Western Australia in the 1990–91 tournament.[13]
On 16 December 2020, Cricket Australia confirmed the remaining schedule of the tournament,[14] when the tournament was shortened by one round.[15] On 10 February 2021, the tournament was shortened further by one round,[16] with the final starting on 15 April 2021.[17] Queensland won the tournament, beating New South Wales by an innings and 33 runs in the final.[18]