2007–08 Sheffield Shield season
# 2007–08 Sheffield Shield season

The 2007–08 Pura Cup was the 106th season of official first-class domestic cricket in Australia. Six teams representing six states in Australia participated in the competition. The 2007 competition began on 12 October, when the previous season's champions, Tasmania took on Queensland at the Gabba. New South Wales were crowned champions for the 45th time in their history as they beat Victoria by 258 runs in the Pura Cup final.

## Table

The top two teams after each round is played will compete for the Pura Cup final. The match will be contested at the home ground of the side that finishes first. For an explanation of how points are rewarded, see Pura Cup Points System.

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | Quo |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| New South Wales | 39 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1.680 |
| Victoria | 39 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1.208 |
| Western Australia | 32 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1.326 |
| Tasmania | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0.737 |
| South Australia | 14.5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0.713 |
| Queensland | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0.705 |

## Teams

| Club | Home Ground | Captain |
| - | - | - |
| New South Wales Blues | Sydney Cricket Ground | Simon Katich |
| Queensland Bulls | Brisbane Cricket Ground | Jimmy Maher |
| Southern Redbacks | Adelaide Oval | Nathan Adcock |
| Tasmanian Tigers | Bellerive Oval | Daniel Marsh |
| Victorian Bushrangers | Melbourne Cricket Ground | Cameron White |
| Western Warriors | WACA Ground | Adam Voges |

## Fixtures

### Round 1

* 12–15 October Report
* Match Drawn Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Umpires: SD Fry and DL Orchard Player of the match: Ashley Noffke
* Points: Queensland 2, Tasmania 0
* 14–17 October Report
* New South Wales won by 275 runs WACA Ground, Perth Umpires: IH Lock and PD Parker Player of the match: Mark Cameron
* Points: New South Wales 6, Western Australia 0
* 14–17 October Report
* Victoria won by 270 runs Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: SJ Davis and BNJ Oxenford Player of the match: David Hussey
* Points: Victoria 6, South Australia 0

### Round 2

* 26–29 October Report
* Match Drawn Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: RL Parry and SJA Taufel Player of the match: Simon Katich
* Points: New South Wales 2, Queensland 0
* 26–29 October Report
* Western Australia won by 288 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: DL Orchard and PR Reiffel Player of the match: Brad Hogg
* Points: Western Australia 6, Victoria 0
* 29 October – 1 November Report
* Tasmania won by 6 wickets Bellerive Oval, Hobart Umpires: SJ Davis and TP Laycock Player of the match: Ricky Ponting
* Points: Tasmania 6, South Australia 2

### Round 3

* 9–12 November Report
* Western Australia won by an innings and 170 runs WACA Ground, Perth Umpires: JK Brookes and PR Reiffel Player of the match: Luke Pomersbach
* Points: Western Australia 6, Queensland 0
* 9–12 November Report
* Victoria won by an innings and 4 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: BNJ Oxenford and JD Ward Player of the match: Gerard Denton
* Points: Victoria 6, Tasmania 0
* 9–12 November Report
* New South Wales won by 7 wickets Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: SD Fry and IH Lock Player of the match: Simon Katich
* Points: New South Wales 6, South Australia 0

### Round 4

* 18–21 November Report
* Victoria won by 276 runs Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Umpires: NS McNamara and RJ Tucker Player of the match: Brad Hodge
* Points: Victoria 6, Queensland 2
* 20–23 November Report
* New South Wales won by an innings and 35 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: RD Goodger and IH Lock Player of the match: Doug Bollinger
* Points: New South Wales 6, Tasmania 0
* 23–26 November Report
* South Australia won by 9 wickets Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: DL Orchard and RL Parry Player of the match: Darren Lehmann
* Points: South Australia 6, Western Australia 0

### Round 5

* 30 November – 2 December Report
* South Australia won by 6 wickets Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Umpires: DL Orchard and JD Ward Player of the match: Shaun Tait
* Points: South Australia 6, Queensland 0
* 30 November – 3 December Report
* Match drawn Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: RL Parry and AP Ward Player of the match: Simon Katich
* Points: Victoria 2, New South Wales 0
* 3–6 December Report
* Match drawn Bellerive Oval, Hobart Umpires: SD Fry and BNJ Oxenford
* Western Australia 2, Tasmania 0

### Round 6

* 10–12 December Report
* Victoria won by 8 wickets Bellerive Oval, Hobart Umpires: JK Brookes and TP Laycock Player of the match: David Hussey
* Points: Victoria 6, Tasmania 0
* 14–17 December Report
* New South Wales won by 260 runs Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Umpires: IH Lock and PR Reiffel Player of the match: Matthew Nicholson
* Points: New South Wales 6, Queensland 0
* 14–16 December Report
* Western Australia won by 7 wickets WACA Ground, Perth Umpires: PD Parker and RJ Tucker Player of the match: Justin Langer
* Points: Western Australia 6, South Australia 0

### Round 7

* 21–24 January Report
* Tasmania won by 9 wickets Bellerive Oval, Hobart Umpires: RL Parry and SD Fry Player of the match: Daniel Marsh
* Points: Tasmania 6, Queensland 0
* 21–24 January Report
* Victoria won by 4 wickets Junction Oval, Melbourne Umpires: PR Reiffel and AP Ward Player of the match: Andrew McDonald
* Points: Victoria 6, South Australia 2
* 25–28 January Report
* New South Wales won by 9 wickets Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: RJ Tucker and JD Ward Player of the match: Doug Bollinger
* Points: New South Wales 6, Western Australia 0

### Round 8

* 8–11 February Report
* Match Drawn Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: SD Fry and IH Lock
* Points: Tasmania 2, South Australia 0
* 11–14 February Report
* Match Drawn Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Umpires: TP Laycock and DL Orchard
* Points: Queensland 2, Western Australia 0
* 15–18 February Report
* Match Drawn Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: JK Brookes and JD Ward Player of the match: Mark Cameron
* Points: New South Wales 1, Victoria 1

### Round 9

* 29 February – 3 March Report
* Match Drawn Bellerive Oval, Hobart Umpires: PD Parker and JD Ward Player of the match: Michael Di Venuto
* Points: Tasmania 2, New South Wales 0
* 29 February – 3 March Report
* Western Australia won by 120 runs WACA Ground, Perth Umpires: RL Parry and RJ Tucker Player of the match: Chris Rogers
* Points: Western Australia 6, Victoria 0
* 29 February – 3 March Report
* Queensland won by an innings and 9 runs Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: IH Lock and PR Reiffel Player of the match: Shane Watson
* Points: Queensland 6, South Australia 0

### Round 10

* 7–9 March Report
* New South Wales won by an innings and 162 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: RL Parry and PR Reiffel Player of the match: Dominic Thornley
* Points: New South Wales 6, South Australia 0
* 7–9 March Report
* Victoria won by 6 wickets Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: IH Lock and RJ Tucker
* Points: Victoria 6, Queensland 0
* 7–10 March Report
* Western Australia won by 222 runs WACA Ground, Perth Umpires: BNJ Oxenford and PD Parker Player of the match: Justin Langer
* Points: Western Australia 6, Tasmania 0

## Final

* 15–19 March Report
* New South Wales won by 258 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: RL Parry and RJ Tucker Player of the match: Simon Katich
* New South Wales are 2007–08 Pura Cup champions

## Statistics

### Highest Team Totals

| Team | Total | Opponent | Ground |
| - | - | - | - |
| New South Wales | 8/601 dec. | Queensland | Sydney Cricket Ground |
| Victoria | 5/581 dec. | Queensland | Brisbane Cricket Ground |
| Western Australia | 5/565 dec. | Queensland | WACA Ground |
| New South Wales | 8/563 dec. | Victoria | Sydney Cricket Ground |
| Queensland | 6/544 dec. | Tasmania | Brisbane Cricket Ground |

### Most Runs

| Player | Runs | Inns | Avg | HS | 100s | 50s |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Simon Katich (New South Wales) | 1,506 | 17 | 94.12 | 306 | 5 | 8 |
| David Hussey (Victoria) | 1,008 | 20 | 56.00 | 104 | 2 | 8 |
| Michael Di Venuto (Tasmania) | 947 | 19 | 52.61 | 178 | 3 | 5 |
| Justin Langer (Western Australia) | 770 | 19 | 45.29 | 131 | 3 | 2 |
| Brad Hodge (Victoria) | 762 | 17 | 47.62 | 134 | 2 | 3 |

### Highest Scores

| Player | Score | Opponent | Ground | 4s | 6s |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Simon Katich (New South Wales) | 306 | Queensland | Sydney Cricket Ground | 30 | 9 |
| Brad Hodge (Victoria) | 286* | Queensland | Brisbane Cricket Ground | 34 | 4 |
| Graham Manou (South Australia) | 190 | Tasmania | Bellerive Oval | 22 | 0 |
| Shane Watson (Queensland) | 190 | South Australia | Adelaide Oval | 19 | 3 |
| Simon Katich (New South Wales) | 189 | Western Australia | Sydney Cricket Ground | 27 | 0 |

### Most Wickets

| Player | Wkts | Mts | Ave | S/R | BBI | BBM | 5WI | 10WM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Doug Bollinger (New South Wales) | 45 | 7 | 15.44 | 31.1 | 6/63 | 12/131 | 5 | 2 |
| Ashley Noffke (Queensland) | 43 | 9 | 21.25 | 47.4 | 6/33 | 7/147 | 5 | 0 |
| Matthew Inness (Western Australia) | 40 | 9 | 20.12 | 43.5 | 6/83 | 7/94 | 3 | 0 |
| Bryce McGain (Victoria) | 38 | 11 | 34.15 | 67.4 | 5/68 | 6/128 | 2 | 0 |
| Ryan Harris (South Australia) | 37 | 10 | 29.86 | 60.3 | 7/108 | 9/171 | 1 | 0 |

### Best Bowling Figures (Innings)

| Player | Overs | Figures | Opponent | Ground |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Shaun Tait (South Australia) | 16.1 | 7/29 | Queensland | Brisbane Cricket Ground |
| Jason Gillespie (South Australia) | 20.0 | 7/58 | Western Australia | Adelaide Oval |
| Ben Edmondson (Western Australia) | 28.0 | 7/95 | Queensland | Brisbane Cricket Ground |
| Ryan Harris (South Australia) | 32.0 | 7/108 | Tasmania | Adelaide Oval |
| Gerard Denton (Victoria) | 20.1 | 6/32 | Tasmania | Melbourne Cricket Ground |
