2000–01 Sheffield Shield season

2000–01 Sheffield Shield season

Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin & Final
Champions	Queensland (4th title)
Participants	6
Matches	31
Player of the series	Jamie Cox (Tas)
Most runs	Greg Blewett (1,162)
Most wickets	Joe Dawes (49)

The 2000–01 Sheffield Shield season known as the Pura Cup was the 99th season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. Queensland won the championship.

Table

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	Drawn	N/R	Points
Queensland	10	6	1	0	3	0	40
Victoria	10	4	3	0	3	0	32
Tasmania	10	3	4	0	3	0	22
New South Wales	10	3	3	0	3	1	22
Western Australia	10	2	4	0	4	0	16
South Australia	10	2	5	0	2	1	14

Final

23–27 March 2001 Scorecard

Victoria	v	Queensland (H)
176 (75.4 overs) Jason Arnberger 63 (199) Ashley Noffke 5/41 (18 overs)		242 (99 overs) Clinton Perren 56 (103) Mick Lewis 5/57 (23 overs)
289 (132.4 overs) Matthew Elliott 98* (340) Andy Bichel 4/44 (30.4 overs)		6/224 (80.3 overs) Martin Love 52 (144) Mathew Inness 3/48 (25 overs)

Queensland won by 4 wickets Venue: The Gabba, Brisbane Umpires: Simon Taufel and Steve Davis Player of the match: Ashley Noffke (Queensland)

• Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

Most runs

Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	Ave	HS	100	50
Greg Blewett	South Australia	9	18	1	1162	68.35	260*	3	6
Simon Katich	Western Australia	10	19	3	1145	71.56	228*	6	2
Jamie Cox	Tasmania	10	19	3	1070	66.87	160	5	3
Brad Hodge	Victoria	11	20	2	973	54.05	125	4	3
Jimmy Maher	Queensland	11	19	3	946	59.12	175	3	3

Most wickets

Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Overs	Wkts	Ave	Econ	BBI	BBM	5	10
Joe Dawes	Queensland	9	17	358.3	49	20.46	2.79	7/98	10/141	3	1
Adam Dale	Queensland	11	20	570.3	46	23.39	1.88	5/37	9/115	2	0
Andy Bichel	Queensland	7	13	318.2	40	21.80	2.73	5/74	9/231	2	0
Jo Angel	Western Australia	9	17	333.3	37	23.43	2.59	5/78	6/103	1	0
Matthew Inness	Victoria	11	21	341.0	33	27.57	2.66	6/26	8/58	1	0