Queensland annihilate New South Wales to claim the Sheffield Shield title
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Queensland claimed their ninth shield title and their first since the 2017-18 season.
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Queensland have claimed the Sheffield Shield title, thrashing NSW by an innings and 33 runs in the final in Brisbane.
Key points:
QLD defeated defending champions NSW
The Bulls Marnus Labuschagne struck a sublime 192 on Saturday to lift QLD to a first-innings total of 389 and a 246-run overall lead
The Blues suffered just their second loss in 14 games against the Bulls
The Bulls secured the resounding victory after leg spinner Mitch Swepson (3-68) helped bowl the Blues out for 213 in their second dig before lunch on day four at Allan Border Field.
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The long-awaited Sheffield Shield final has arrived and will see Queensland and New South Wales fight it out in the decider.
Delays and uncertainly have clouded the Sheffield Shield s 2020/21 season with the competition split into two phases and played around the Big Bash League and the domestic one-day tournament, which wrapped up earlier this week.
Here s what you need to know about the game.
Where will the final be played?
Queensland will play host to the final at Allan Border Field in Brisbane, starting on Thursday.
The Bulls claimed top spot off the back of some dominating displays through the season, including crushing victories over Tasmania by an innings and 59 runs and South Australia by 342 runs.Loading
Bulls, Blues drawn as Sheffield Shield final awaits
Rain ends proceedings early in Wollongong as both sides appear almost certain to be contesting decider in nine days time
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Swepson shines before rain ends Blues-Bulls clash
Queensland look set to host NSW in the Marsh Sheffield Shield final next week as rain brought an early end to the final day of their clash in Wollongong, and with it a drawn result.
With Western Australia struggling to salvage a draw – let alone claim the win they need against Tasmania – the Bulls are set to secure top spot with a stalemate against the Blues.
State of disarray: why T20 bash is enough to give selectors a headache
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State of disarray: why T20 bash is enough to give selectors a headache
By Greg Chappell
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The Big Bash has begun and so has the summer bashing season: bash the selectors, bash the players, bash the umpires, bash the DRS, bash the ICC, bash anyone you can think of - because we have lost a Test match, for goodness sake.
All of the above will be copping enough, so let me find a topic to bash that no one else has laid a glove on.