Verified Sheffield Shield result

One State · 1892–2026

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4-3-4

Sheffield Shield runners-up

GARETH XI

Managed by GARETH · Home state New South Wales · 52.29 points · XI rating 86

Top run-scorerMA Taylor

Leading wicket-takerNM Lyon

Player of seasonNM Lyon

Calculating personal and global positions…

Competition outcome and final tableSheffield Shield runners-up · 52.29 points

shield league final

runner up

Rules shield-2025-26-v1 · league/group position 1

Qualified for final

Match points: 27
Batting bonus: 16.69
Bowling bonus: 8.6

finalWestern AustraliaLOSS · eliminated

Final competition table

Seeded historical table for this competition.

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Q/NRPW	Pts
1	GARETH XI	10	4	3	3	1.296	52.29
2	Western Australia(2012)	10	6	2	2	1.099	50.97
3	Tasmania(1996)	10	5	1	4	1.221	48.72
4	Queensland(1929)	10	3	2	5	1.172	38.5
5	Victoria(2005)	10	3	3	4	1.066	36.64
6	South Australia(1968)	10	3	1	6	1.141	31.28

Drafted XI and player performanceXI overall 86 · 11 players

The XI

MA TaylorNew South Wales 199694828 runs · 0 wickets · 6 catches
W BardsleyNew South Wales 192589720 runs · 0 wickets · 5 catches
SR WaughNew South Wales 199187741 runs · 5 wickets · 9 catches
NCL O'NeillNew South Wales 196689670 runs · 5 wickets · 6 catches
KR MillerNew South Wales 195084700 runs · 6 wickets · 8 catches
SJ RixonNew South Wales 198379453 runs · 0 wickets · 29 catches
R BenaudNew South Wales 195482472 runs · 21 wickets · 6 catches
AG FairfaxNew South Wales 192988282 runs · 33 wickets · 6 catches
JCLS WallNew South Wales 192179219 runs · 28 wickets · 9 catches
AJY HopkinsNew South Wales 190480279 runs · 30 wickets · 4 catches
NM LyonNew South Wales 202198327 runs · 40 wickets · 8 catches

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Season fixtures11 fixtures · 4 wins · 3 draws/ties · 4 losses

The 11 fixtures

1Queensland 1929league · Won by 153 runs · batting friendlyWIN
2South Australia 1968league · Won by 8 wickets · dry spinWIN
3Tasmania 1996league · Drawn · weather affectedDRAW
4Victoria 2005league · Lost by an innings and 66 runs · weather affectedLOSS
5Western Australia 2012league · Lost by 176 runs · batting friendlyLOSS
6Queensland 1929league · Drawn · seamingDRAW
7South Australia 1968league · Won by 8 wickets · weather affectedWIN
8Tasmania 1996league · Won by an innings and 19 runs · weather affectedWIN
9Victoria 2005league · Drawn · dry spinDRAW
10Western Australia 2012league · Lost by 1 wickets · dry spinLOSS
11Western Australia 2012final · Lost by 7 wickets · dry spinLOSS

Sheffield Shield finalrunner up

Western Australia · home final · match result

F1Lost by 7 wicketsHosted by GARETH XILOSS

Draft review9 right · 0 missed · net +48

How well did you draft?

Each pick is compared with the highest-rated legal alternative in that recorded server offer—not every player from the state and year.

Best: 7
Joint-best: 2
Missed: 0
Only option: 2
Rating advantage: +48
Points missed: 0
Net delta: +48

Round 1 · New South Wales 1996

✓ BEST PICK · +5

Your pick

MA Taylor

opener 1 · batting 94 · bowling 42 · keeping 40 · confidence 79%

Best legal alternative

MJ Slater89

Round 2 · New South Wales 1925

✓ BEST PICK · +4

Your pick

W Bardsley

opener 2 · batting 89 · bowling 40 · keeping 40 · confidence 64%

Best legal alternative

HL Collins85

Round 3 · New South Wales 1991

✓ BEST PICK · +2

Your pick

SR Waugh

middle order 1 · batting 87 · bowling 74 · keeping 40 · confidence 68%

Best legal alternative

GRJ Matthews85

Round 4 · New South Wales 1966

= JOINT-BEST PICK · 0

Your pick

NCL O'Neill

middle order 2 · batting 89 · bowling 74 · keeping 40 · confidence 67%

Best legal alternative

BC Booth89

Round 5 · New South Wales 1950

= JOINT-BEST PICK · 0

Your pick

KR Miller

middle order 3 · batting 84 · bowling 78 · keeping 40 · confidence 53%

Best legal alternative

AK Davidson84

Round 6 · New South Wales 1983

ONLY LEGAL PICK

Your pick

SJ Rixon

wicketkeeper · batting 78 · bowling 40 · keeping 78 · confidence 52%

No legal alternative remained in this offer.

Round 7 · New South Wales 1954

ONLY LEGAL PICK

Your pick

R Benaud

all rounder · batting 82 · bowling 80 · keeping 40 · confidence 45%

No legal alternative remained in this offer.

Round 8 · New South Wales 1929

✓ BEST PICK · +8

Your pick

AG Fairfax

bowler 1 · batting 80 · bowling 88 · keeping 40 · confidence 52%

Best legal alternative

JEH Hooker80

Round 9 · New South Wales 1921

✓ BEST PICK · +1

Your pick

JCLS Wall

bowler 2 · batting 72 · bowling 79 · keeping 40 · confidence 30%

Best legal alternative

HSTL Hendry78

Round 10 · New South Wales 1904

✓ BEST PICK · +2

Your pick

AJY Hopkins

bowler 3 · batting 78 · bowling 80 · keeping 40 · confidence 41%

Best legal alternative

A Cotter78

Round 11 · New South Wales 2021

✓ BEST PICK · +26

Your pick

NM Lyon

bowler 4 · batting 83 · bowling 98 · keeping 40 · confidence 81%

Best legal alternative

TS Sangha72

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