1988–89 Sheffield Shield season

1988–89 Sheffield Shield season

Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin & Final
Champions	Western Australia (12th title)
Participants	6
Matches	31

The 1988–89 Sheffield Shield season was the 87th season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. Western Australia won the championship, their third in a row.[1][2]

Table

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	Drawn	N/R	Points
Western Australia	10	3	3	0	4	0	24
South Australia	10	2	2	0	6	0	20
Queensland	10	2	1	0	7	0	20
New South Wales	10	2	2	0	6	0	18
Tasmania	10	2	0	0	8	0	16
Victoria	10	1	4	0	5	0	8

Final

(H) Western Australia	v	South Australia
535 Tom Moody 162 Tim Zoehrer 81 Colin Miller 7/112		494 Peter Sleep 146*no Terry Alderman 4/117
289/2 Tom Moody 155 Geoff Marsh 105*no

Match Drawn, Western Australia win by virtue of topping the regular season ladder. Venue: Perth

Statistics

Most Runs

Tom Moody 1038 [3]

Most Wickets

Tim May 43 [4]

References

1. Engel, Matthew (2004). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 1344-1345. John Wisden & Company Ltd. ISBN 0-947766-83-9.
2. "Sheffield Shield Table". ESPN Australia.
3. "Batting Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo.
4. "Bowling Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo.