Administrator(s) Cricket Australia Participants 6 | Cricket format First-class Matches played 31 | |
Dates 25 October 2016 (2016-10-25) – 29 March 2017 (2017-03-29) Tournament format(s) Double round-robin and final | ||
The 2016–17 Sheffield Shield season is the 124th season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition in Australia. It started on 25 October 2016 and is scheduled to finish on 29 March 2017. There was a break between December and January for the Big Bash League. The first round of matches were played as day/night games in preparation for Australia's day/night Test match against Pakistan on 15 December 2016. A second day/night round of fixtures took place in round five of the tournament.
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