Sheffield Shield
When Jason Sangha was 12, an opponent threatened to kill him. He has some advice for Sam Konstas
Jason Sangha made himself a legendary figure with his mighty Shield-winning knock last week. But his path from a teenage sensation compared with Sachin Tendulkar has not been smooth.
- Daniel Brettig
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Wild scenes as South Australia end 29-year wait for Sheffield Shield title
Set 270 to win, SA slumped to 3-28 before centuries from Jason Sangha and Alex Carey steered them to victory, prompting a celebratory pitch invasion at Karen Rolton Oval.
- Steve Larkin
Will this no-ball save Marnus Labuschagne’s Test spot?
Marnus Labuschagne left the Australian selectors with much to ponder after an extremely fortunate innings of 61, as Queensland wrestled back into the fight in the Sheffield Shield final.
- Daniel Brettig
Labuschagne’s Test place gets shakier, Cricket Australia and Queensland in peace talks
Marnus Labuschagne’s Test place is even more precarious after he was part of a rush of wickets on a lively day one of the Sheffield Shield final in Adelaide
- Daniel Brettig
- Analysis
- Australian cricket
Bleed for the Bulls: What really happened behind the Khawaja blow-up
The row between Usman Khawaja and the Queensland Cricket boss raised eyebrows around the country, in large part because it showed a rare level of infighting in the state that most likes to talk about its men’s team as a brotherhood.
- Daniel Brettig
‘Andrew Symonds called us the Deadbacks’: The story behind one of Australian sport’s longest droughts
Deadbacks, Jellybacks, SACA Spuds: South Australia’s Sheffield Shield team has been a “basket case” for nearly 30 years, but that may be about to end.
- Daniel Brettig
- Updated
- Australian cricket
‘He’s best mates with Peter Dutton’: Why Usman Khawaja doesn’t expect an apology over injury feud
Khawaja has hit back at Queensland’s cricket boss Joe Dawes over claims he had lied about an injury to miss a vital Sheffield Shield game.
- Andrew Wu
- Opinion
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Why the Sheffield Shield needs saving even though the final is a rotting carcass
Save the final? Yes, no, whatever. The real challenge is to save the Shield.
- Malcolm Knox
Why former Test captain Mark Taylor wants the Sheffield Shield final to be scrapped
Once viewed as the unofficial sixth Test of the summer, the final is coming off second-best in clashes with the behemoths of world cricket and Australian sport.
- Andrew Wu and Daniel Brettig
Khawaja upset by Queensland Cricket claims, in doubt for Shield final
Usman Khawaja has been left upset by suggestions from Queensland Cricket’s boss that the state had no idea of his injury issues and that he didn’t want to play in the state’s last Sheffield Shield game.
- Daniel Brettig
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