Sheffield Shield

"I've been lucky enough to play in an era for Tasmania that's been really successful, I feel very fortunate to be part of that and obviously winning the Pura Cup or the Sheffield Shield was a huge highlight."

Sportal.com.au - Latest News Headlines Angus Morgan 2010

WA have a proud Sheffield Shield record for their small size in terms of population (they've won it second most behind NSW) but they are in their worse run since winning their first title and their fast bowling stocks (from a state that produce Dennis Lillee and is home to the pace-friednly WACA) has been a joke for a decade.

The Ashes 2010-11: Aussies beware – cricket is taking a kicking | Kevin Mitchell 2011

Another ex-Brit, Tim Lane, in the same paper, saw a need to address the domestic game by ensuring players regularly participated in the Sheffield Shield.

The Ashes in the Australian press 2011

"The NSP National Selection Panel considers it prudent and appropriate to look at the next round of Sheffield Shield games and the Australia A clash before finalising the team for the first Test."

The Ashes 2010: Australia selectors still unsure of their best team Vic Marks 2010

• Australian selector says spinner is needed for balance• Hauritz having tough time in Sheffield Shield

Greg Chappell suggests three-pronged pace attack for Ashes opener John Ashdown 2010

In Queensland, where Buchanan lives, they have not forgotten how he guided the state to two Sheffield Shield titles.

The Ashes 2010: The knives are out for Australia, admits John Buchanan Donald McRae 2010

The spinner has not been having the best of times in the Sheffield Shield, however.

Greg Chappell suggests three-pronged pace attack for Ashes opener John Ashdown 2010

Waugh has been pressing the case of Usman Khawaja, a 23-year-old New South Wales left-hander who was born in Islamabad and could become the first Muslim to play for Australia, since he hit a double century in a Sheffield Shield match in Adelaide last month.

Mark Waugh urges Australia selectors to replace Mike Hussey for Ashes Andy Wilson 2010

During this time, England's cricketing authorities looked on in envy at the Australian domestic game and, in particular, the inter-state competition, the Sheffield Shield, a hard school geared to produce a conveyor belt of cricketing talent.

Australians Must Give it a Bash Richard Gillis 2010

Never mind that there's absolutely no evidence of any demand for day-night tests, nor that day-night first class cricket was a complete and utter failure when trialled in the Sheffield Shield a few years ago.

May God Protect Us From the ICC & All Their Improvements... 2009