Sheffield Shield

The Sheffield Shield (also known as the Marsh Sheffield Shield for sponsorship reasons) is the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. The tournament is played by six teams, each representing one of the six states.

Sheffield Shield

Countries	Australia
Administrator	Cricket Australia
Format	First-class
First Edition	1892–93
Latest Edition	2022–23
Next Edition	2023–24
Tournament format	Double round-robin, then final
Number of teams	6
Current champion	Western Australia (17th title)
Most successful	New South Wales (47 titles)
Most runs	Darren Lehmann (South Australia and Victoria) 12,971 runs
Most wickets	Clarrie Grimmett (Victoria and South Australia) 513 wickets
TV	Cricket Network Kayo Sports Fox Cricket (selected matches)
Website	Cricket Australia
2023–24 Sheffield Shield season

The Sheffield Shield is named after Henry Holroyd, 3rd Earl of Sheffield, better known as Lord Sheffield.

Teams

Since 1977–78, all six states of Australia have fielded their own team. There is no team for any of the territories. Details of each team are set out below.

	Team name	Team nickname	Home ground/s[a]	First season	Last title	Shield titles	Team captain/s
	New South Wales	Blues[b]	Drummoyne Oval North Dalton Park Bankstown Oval Sydney Cricket Ground	1892–93	2019–20	47	Kurtis Patterson
	Queensland	Bulls[c]	Allan Border Field Brisbane Cricket Ground	1926–27	2020–21	9	Usman Khawaja
	South Australia	Redbacks	Adelaide Oval Karen Rolton Oval	1892–93	1995–96	13	Travis Head
	Tasmania	Tigers	Bellerive Oval	1977–78	2012–13	3	Matthew Wade
	Victoria	Bushrangers[d]	Junction Oval Melbourne Cricket Ground	1892–93	2018–19	32	Peter Handscomb
	Western Australia	Warriors[e]	Perth Stadium WACA Ground	1947–48	2022–23	17	Mitchell Marsh

1. Each team has used several venues to host matches. For a full list, see list of cricket grounds in Australia.
2. New South Wales was previously known as the "Blues" between 1995 and 2022.
3. Before 1993, all states were known by their state name or cricket association title. Queensland were the first to adopt a nickname when they became known as the ‘Bulls’ from 1993. Following the success of the ‘Bulls’ name, other states followed suit and in 1995 gave their state team nicknames.
4. Victoria was previously known as the "Victorian Bushrangers" between 1995 and 2018.^[1]
5. Western Australia was previously known as the "Western Warriors" between 1995 and 2019.^[2]