The 2024–25 Sheffield Shield season was the 123rd season of the Australian inter-state domestic first-class cricket competition. Cricket Australia revealed the season fixtures in July of 2024. The season started on 8 October 2024 and the final was played on 26 March 2025. South Australia won the title, beating Queensland by 4 wickets in front of a large crowd at Karen Rolton Oval and breaking a 29-year drought.
Points table
See the Sheffield Shield points system. South Australia clinched top spot after Round 9, and hosted the final.
Round–robin
Note: Results listed are according to the home (horizontal) and visitor (vertical) teams., Note: Click on a result to see a summary of the match.
Round 1
New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat. , Sam Konstas (New South Wales) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket. , Points: New South Wales 3.66, South Australia 2.60
Tasmania won the toss and elected to field. , Tom Rogers (Victoria) made his first-class debut. , Points: Victoria 3.00, Tasmania 2.66
Queensland won the toss and elected to field. , Tom Straker (Queensland) made his first-class debut. , Points: Western Australia 3.45, Queensland 2.96
Round 2
New South Wales won the toss and elected to field. , Points: Victoria 7.72, New South Wales 1
Queensland won the toss and elected to field. , Tom Whitney (Queensland) made his first-class debut. , Points: South Australia 8.14, Queensland 1.98
Western Australia won the toss and elected to field. , Points: Western Australia 8.32, Tasmania 1.77
Round 3
New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat. , Only 27.1 overs were possible on Day 2 due to rain. , Benji Floros (Queensland) made his first-class debut. , Points: Queensland 2.50, New South Wales 1.69
Western Australia won the toss and elected to field. , Brody Couch became the first bowler to take hat-trick for Western Australia in the Sheffield Shield. , Points: Western Australia 7.48, Tasmania 1.57
Victoria won the toss and elected to field. , Henry Thornton (South Australia) made his first-class debut. , Points: South Australia 7.90, Victoria 1.22
Round 4
South Australia won the toss and elected to bat. , Lachlan Shaw (New South Wales) made his first-class debut. , Points: New South Wales 7.98, South Australia 0.60
Victoria won the toss and elected to field. , Joel Curtis (Western Australia) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket. , Corey Rocchiccioli (Western Australia) took a hat-trick. His first wicket was on the final ball of Victoria's first innings, with the final two coming from his first two balls of the second innings. , Points: Victoria 8.22, Western Australia 0.80
Queensland won the toss and elected to field. , Only 76 overs were possible on Day 1 due to bad light, and only 9.1 overs were possible on Day 2 due to rain. , Points: Tasmania 4.61, Queensland 2.91
Round 5
South Australia won the toss and elected to field. , Keaton Critchell (Western Australia) made his first-class debut. , Points: Western Australia 3.15, South Australia 2.23
New South Wales won the toss and elected to field. , Points: Tasmania 7.61, New South Wales 1.78
Victoria won the toss and elected to bat. , Campbell Kellaway (Victoria) scored his first century in first-class cricket. , Points: Victoria 6.9, Queensland 1.96
Round 6
Western Australia won the toss and elected to bat. , Only 20 overs of play was possible on day 2 due to rain. , Jack Edwards (New South Wales) took his first ten-wicket haul in first-class cricket. , Points: New South Wales 8.09, Western Australia 0.71
Victoria won the toss and elected to field. , Points: Queensland 7, Victoria 1
Tasmania won the toss and elected to field. , Only 43 overs of play was possible on day 2 due to rain. , Points: South Australia 8.46, Tasmania 0.43
Round 7
Victoria won the toss and elected to field. , Raf MacMillan, Aidan O'Connor (Tasmania) and Harry Dixon (Victoria) all made their first-class debuts. , Kieran Elliott (Tasmania) took his first five-wicket haul and ten-wicket haul in first-class cricket. , Points: Tasmania 7.36, Victoria 1.58
New South Wales won the toss and elected to field. , Hanno Jacobs and Ross Pawson (New South Wales) both made their first-class debuts. , Points: Queensland 8.44, New South Wales 1.29
South Australia won the toss and elected to field. , 763 balls were bowled throughout the match, the lowest total in an outright result in Sheffield Shield history. , Points: South Australia 7, Western Australia 1
Round 8
New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat. , Points: New South Wales 7.38, Victoria 1
Queensland won the toss and elected to bat. , Hugo Burdon (Queensland) made his first-class debut. , Corey Rocchiccioli (Western Australia) took his first five-wicket haul in first-class cricket. , Points: Western Australia 7.72, Queensland 0.7
South Australia won the toss and elected to bat. , Points: South Australia 7, Tasmania 1
Round 9
South Australia won the toss and elected to field. , Points: South Australia 7.83, Victoria 1.85
Tasmania won the toss and elected to field. , Points: Queensland 8.35, Tasmania 0.6
New South Wales won the toss and elected to field. , Points: New South Wales 2.52, Western Australia 1.8
Round 10
South Australia won the toss and elected to bat. , Conor McInerney (South Australia) scored his first century in first-class cricket. , Points: South Australia 3.85, Queensland 2.96
Western Australia won the toss and elected to field. , Oliver Peake (Victoria) made his first-class debut. , Points: Victoria 7, Western Australia 1
Tasmania won the toss and elected to bat. , Points: Tasmania 8.31, New South Wales 1
Final
South Australia won the toss and elected to field. , Brendan Doggett (South Australia) took his first ten-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
