March 26-30, 2025
Sheffield Shield Final at Adelaide.
SAus vs Queensland
Live on Fancode
They will missed ❤️ Travis Head🤪 who is in india
South Australia: Henry Hunt, Conor McInerney, Nathan McSweeney (c), Jason Sangha, Alex Carey (wk), Jake Lehmann, Liam Scott, Ben Manenti, Nathan McAndrew, Brendan Doggett, Jordan Buckingham
Queensland: Usman Khawaja, Matthew Renshaw, Marnus Labuschagne (c), Jack Clayton, Ben McDermott, Jimmy Peirson (wk), Michael Neser, Jack Wildermuth, Mark Steketee, Mitchell Swepson, Callum Vidler.
Rapid stats
South Australia have picked up one win and one draw from their two games against Queensland in the 2024-25 Sheffield Shield season – the last time they finished a campaign without losing at least once to Queensland was when they beat them twice in 2008-09.
Queensland are undefeated in their last eight Sheffield Shield matches against South Australia in Adelaide (four wins, four draws).
South Australia have won only one of their last 11 Sheffield Shield matches at Karen Rolton Oval (drawn five, lost five) and are winless in their last five games at the venue. Meanwhile, Queensland are undefeated in their last five matches outside Queensland (won two, drawn three).
South Australia will be looking to win the Sheffield Shield for the first time since 1995-96, while Queensland will be looking to clinch the Shield for the first time since 2020-21. This season is the first time since the 2016-17 that South Australia have finished in the top half of the standings.
🌹South Australia scored 866 runs at an average of 72.2 in their last Sheffield Shield match – which was against Queensland – which was the second-most runs scored per wicket of any team in a game this campaign – South Australia (33) and Queensland (32.8) have the best batting averages of any teams this season.
South Australia have taken 13 wickets via short deliveries this Sheffield Shield season, the most of any team in the competition and eight more than last-ranked Queensland (5). SA quick Henry Thornton (six wickets) has taken more wickets on a short-ball length than the entire Queensland team.
Alex Carey (South Australia) has scored 92 runs against Mitchell Swepson in the 2024-25 Sheffield Shield season without being dismissed by him, which is the most runs that any batter has scored against a single bowler in this campaign.
Feature
Friction and fractures: The forgotten game in SA's last Shield triumph
Michael Neser (Queensland) has taken 19 wickets in the Sheffield Shield since the start of 2025, the second-most of any bowler behind only Western Australia's Corey Rocchiccioli (24). Neser has taken at least one wicket in each of his last 14 innings and has only twice from 23 innings failed to take a wicket against South Australia.
🌲Usman Khawaja (Queensland) has scored 476 runs at an average of 79.3 across his last nine Sheffield Shield innings, logging two centuries and two half-centuries in that time. However, he's been dismissed for four runs or fewer in one innings during each of his last three matches against South Australia.
Sheffield Shield final 2024-25
March 26-30 (10.35am ACDT/ 5.30 am,IST ): South Australia v Queensland, Karen Rolton Oval, Adelaid
28