THE SHEFFIELD SHIELD COMPETITION Schedule

The Sheffield Shield, the nation's famous four day interstate competition, is the premier domestic cricket competition in the world. The competition is between the six States of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia. Each State will play each other State on a home-and-away basis, with the two leading teams to meet in the Final at the home ground of the No.1 side.

The full schedule for the 2008-2009 competition is:-

Dates Teams Venue
10-13 October 2008 QLD v TAS Gabba
10-13 October 2008 WA v NSW WACA
14-17 October 2008 SA v VIC Adelaide
19-22 October 2008 WA v TAS WACA
21-24 October 2008 QLD v VIC Gabba
24-27 October 2008 SA v NSW Adelaide
31 October-3 November 2008 WA v QLD WACA
3-6 November 2008 TAS v SA Bellerive
4-7 November 2008 NSW v VIC SCG
10-13 November 2008 SA v WA Adelaide
15-18 November 2008 VIC v TAS MCG
21-24 November 2008 NSW v QLD SCG
21-24 November 2008 WA v VIC WACA
28 November-1 December 2008 QLD v SA Gabba
2-5 December 2008 TAS v NSW Bellerive
15-18 December 2008 VIC v WA MCG
16-19 December 2008 TAS v QLD Bellerive
18-21 December 2008 NSW v SA SCG
30 Jan-2 Feb 2009 NSW v TAS Newcastle
30 Jan-2 Feb 2009 QLD v WA Gabba
30 Jan-2 Feb 2009 VIC v SA MCG
13-16 February 2009 SA v QLD Adelaide
15-18 February 2009 VIC v NSW Melbourne
16-19 February 2009 TAS v SA Bellerive
26 Feb-1 Mar 2009 QLD v NSW Gabba
26 Feb-1 Mar 2009 TAS v VIC Bellerive
26 Feb-1 Mar 2009 WA v SA WACA
5-8 March 2009 NSW v WA SCG
5-8 March 2009 SA v TAS Adelaide
5-8 March 2009 VIC v QLD MCG
13-17 March 2009 FINAL TBA

NOTE: Cricket Australia reserves the right in its absolute discretion to change or amend the official 2008-2009 Sheffield Shield program without notice.

The final will be televised live in full on FoxSports.