The 1999–2000 Sheffield Shield season was the 98th season of the

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, the domestic first-class

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competition of Australia.

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won the championship.

Naming

In November 1999, the

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(ACB) announced that the winner of the interstate first-class competition would be awarded the Pura Milk Cup, instead of the Sheffield Shield, under a sponsorship arrangement with

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Naming

Table

Final

Statistics

Most runs

Most wickets

References