The 2020–21 Sheffield Shield season was the 119th season of the

Sheffield Shield The Sheffield Shield (currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Marsh Sheffield Shield) is the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. The tournament is contested between teams from the six states of Australia. Sheffield Sh ...

, the domestic

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competition in Australia. On 26 June 2020,

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confirmed all the squads for the 2020–21 domestic cricket season. Cricket Australia also confirmed that the tournament would use the Kookaburra ball for all the matches, after using the Duke ball since the 2016–17 season. New South Wales were the defending champions. Due to the

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, the first four rounds of the season are being played at four venues in Adelaide. With further restrictions due to the pandemic in Australia, the first round match between

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and

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was scheduled to take place from 17 November 2020, because of extra measures for people travelling into South Australia from Victoria. However, on 12 October 2020, Victoria's first two matches were postponed due to the extra quarantine restrictions. Round three of the tournament saw a new record partnership set in a Sheffield Shield match. Marcus Harris and Will Pucovski of

scored 486 runs for the first wicket, in the match against

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...

. The previous record was held by

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and

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, making 464 for

against

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in the 1990–91 tournament. On 16 December 2020, Cricket Australia confirmed the remaining schedule of the tournament, when the tournament was shortened by one round. On 10 February 2021, the tournament was shortened further by one round, with the final starting on 15 April 2021.

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won the tournament, beating

by an innings and 33 runs in the final.

Points table

Round-Robin stage

Round 1

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Round 4

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Round 6

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Round 8

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Final

References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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Sheffield Shield seasons Sheffield Shield season, 2020-21