1998–99 Sheffield Shield season

1998–99 Sheffield Shield season

Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin & Final
Champions	Western Australia (15th title)
Participants	6
Matches	31
Player of the series	Matthew Elliott (Vic)
Most runs	Matthew Elliott (925)
Most wickets	David Saker (45)

The 1998–99 Sheffield Shield season was the 97th season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. Western Australia won the championship.

Table

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	Drawn	N/R	Points
Queensland	10	5	1	0	4	0	34
Western Australia	10	4	2	0	4	0	28
Victoria	10	3	3	0	4	0	26
South Australia	10	2	3	0	5	0	18
Tasmania	10	1	3	0	6	0	10
New South Wales	10	1	4	0	5	0	10

Final

19–22 March 1999 Scorecard

(H) Queensland	v	Western Australia
265 (73.3 overs) Andrew Symonds 113 (116) Damien Martyn 4/30 (8.3 overs)		9/425d (132 overs) Simon Katich 115 (246) Damien Martyn 85 (183) Andrew Symonds 4/83 (24 overs)
129 (55.5 overs) Jimmy Maher 58 (154) Jo Angel 4/20 (16 overs)

Western Australia won by an innings and 31 runs Venue: The Gabba, Brisbane Umpires: Darrell Hair and Daryl Harper Player of the match: Damien Martyn (Western Australia)

• Queensland won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

Most runs

Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	Ave	HS	100	50
Matthew Elliott	Victoria	7	13	2	925	84.09	161	5	4
Simon Katich	Western Australia	11	20	4	909	56.81	154*	4	3
Michael Hussey	Western Australia	11	20	0	877	43.85	187	1	7
Jamie Cox	Tasmania	10	17	1	863	53.93	184	4	3
Jimmy Maher	Queensland	11	19	2	838	49.29	208*	1	6

Most wickets

Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Overs	Wkts	Ave	Econ	BBI	BBM	5	10
David Saker	Victoria	10	19	392.4	45	23.31	2.67	5/28	8/80	1	0
Andy Bichel	Queensland	8	14	293.5	39	22.38	2.97	6/54	8/65	3	0
Jo Angel	Western Australia	8	15	296.1	35	18.22	2.15	5/64	7/107	1	0
Paul Reiffel	Victoria	7	13	289.2	32	19.68	2.17	4/59	7/106	0	0
Brad Young	South Australia	8	16	449.2	28	44.17	2.75	5/52	6/89	1	0