Weak Sheffield Shield hurting Australia - Warne

AUSTRALIA'S Ashes candidates are likely to have two to three Sheffield Shield matches at the start of next season to prepare themselves before battle is joined against England at the Gabba on November 21. A two-day Cricket Australia review meeting ...

David Hussey waited until the last Sheffield Shield round to make his first century of the season but Victoria still finished a rain-interrupted day trailing Tasmania. Victoria fell 11 runs short of Tasmania's first innings total despite Hussey's innings, and ...

A draw was all Tasmania needed for their third Sheffield Shield triumph, and a draw was what they celebrated after a relatively uneventful final day at Bellerive Oval, Hobart. The title-winning moment came not with a wicket, but a solid front-foot defensive ...

Gurinder Sandhu and Josh Hazlewood gave New South Wales a chance of reaching the Sheffield Shield final by routing South Australia's batting to set up an eight-wicket victory for the Blues inside three days at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The result pushes the ...

Western Australia completed a stirring comeback victory over Tasmania on the final morning of the Sheffield Shield match at the WACA ground

SEVEN years ago, Damien Wright was part of history as Tasmania won its first Sheffield Shield title -- crushing NSW in the then Pura Cup at Blundstone Arena. The right-arm paceman and handy lower order batsman played a pivotal part in the victory, ...

TASMANIAN skipper George Bailey admits he took his foot off the gas during the Tigers' successful Sheffield Shield campaign, blowing a golden opportunity to push his Ashes credentials. At the start of the summer Bailey was earmarked as a possible ...

Back in vogue: Chris Rogers in action for Victoria in the Sheffield Shield. Photo: Chris Rogers remembers almost nothing of his only Test, except that he ripped his baggy green cap because it was so tight it was giving him a headache. He was given ...

Shaun Marsh averaged just 19 in Sheffield Shield ranks last season but Australia's paucity of batting options means he is firming as a shock Ashes tourist.Australian captain Michael Clarke, one of the five selectors who will finalise the Ashes squad ...