1995–96 Sheffield Shield season

The 1995–96 Sheffield Shield season was the 94th season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. South Australia won the championship, thus making up for their innings and 101 run defeat at the hands of Queensland in the 1994-95 final.^[2][3]

1995–96 Sheffield Shield season

Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin & Final
Champions	South Australia (13th title)
Participants	6
Matches	31
Player of the series	Matthew Elliott (Vic) [1]
Most runs	Matthew Elliott (1,116)
Most wickets	Jason Gillespie (46)
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

Table

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	Drawn	N/R	Points
South Australia	10	5	3	0	2	0	34
Western Australia	10	3	3	0	4	0	30
Queensland	10	4	3	0	3	0	26
Tasmania	10	3	5	0	2	0	23
New South Wales	10	3	3	0	4	0	22
Victoria	10	3	4	0	3	0	21.7

Final

March 30–April 3 1996 Scorecard

Western Australia	v	South Australia (H)
9/520d (146.4 overs) Adam Gilchrist 189* (187) Jason Gillespie 3/96 (30 overs)		347 (142.1 overs) Paul Nobes 103 (260) Brendon Julian 5/95 (30.2 overs)
8/169d (49.5 overs) Tom Moody 72 (130) Jason Gillespie 4/33 (9 overs)		9/208 (129 overs) Greg Blewett 72 (275) Brendon Julian 4/56 (29 overs)

Match Drawn, South Australia won by virtue of topping the regular season ladder Venue: Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: Darrell Hair and Steve Randell

• Western Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

Most runs

Player [4]	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	Ave	HS	100	50
Matthew Elliott	Victoria	9	17	2	1116	74.40	203	5	3
Darren Lehmann	South Australia	11	21	1	1099	54.95	161	4	6
Dene Hills	Tasmania	10	19	2	914	53.76	220*	1	6
Justin Langer	Western Australia	11	22	1	905	43.09	161	4	2
Dean Jones	Victoria	10	18	0	847	47.05	145	2	6

Most wickets

Player[5]	Team	Mat	Inns	Overs	Wkts	Ave	Econ	BBI	BBM	5	10
Jason Gillespie	South Australia	10	18	329.2	46	21.78	3.04	6/68	8/119	1	0
Michael Kasprowicz	Queensland	9	17	357.5	46	23.52	3.02	6/48	10/148	5	1
Jo Angel	Western Australia	11	21	407.4	43	26.09	2.75	6/68	9/132	3	0
Tim May	South Australia	11	17	516.5	43	33.02	2.74	6/83	11/171	3	1
Brendan Julian	Western Australia	10	20	357.5	41	26.53	3.04	5/41	9/151	4	0