Sheffield Shield 2025-26: Full Series Schedule, Squads & Venues

The 124th edition of one of the iconic Australian domestic First Class Cricket tournaments, the Sheffield Shield 2025-26, will commence on October 4, 2025, and the final of the tournament will be played on March 26, 2026. The six teams will fight it out to come out on top as the winners of the Sheffield Shield 2025 - 26

According to the Sheffield Shield 2025-26 schedule, over 31 Test matches will be in this prestigious tournament. Six iconic teams of this tournament will go against each other. The teams that are going to be part of this iconic tournament are New South Wales, who are the most times champions of this tournament, with 47 titles, defending champions South Australia, with 14 titles, Victoria with 32 titles, Western Australia with 18 titles, runner-up of the last tournament Queensland with 9 titles, and lastly Tasmania with 3 titles to their name. The tournament will be played in 10 of the most iconic and biggest cricket stadiums in the world, which are Allan Border Field in Brisbane, Adelaide Oval in Adelaide, W.A.C.A. Ground in Perth, Junction Oval in Melbourne, Bellerive Oval in Hobart, The Gabba in Brisbane, Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Cricket Central in Sydney, Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Karen Rolton Oval in Adelaide.

Sheffield Shield 2025-26 Schedule

As per the Sheffield Shield 2025-26 Schedule, the first match of the Sheffield Shield 2025-26 will take place between Queensland and Tasmania at one of the iconic and most beautiful cricket stadiums in the world, Allan Border Field, Brisbane. Indian spectators will be able to witness this game at 5:30 AM on Saturday, October 4th. The tournament will begin in October and will go on till late March 2026. The final game will be played on March 26, 2026.

From 4 October to the 31st of October, a total of 9 matches will be played. The next 6 games will be played in November, starting from November 10, and the last match of that month will be played on November 14. In December, three matches of the Sheffield Shield 2025-26 will be played, starting from December 4 and ending on the 8th.

In February, a total of 6 matches will be played, the first game will be held on February 5, with the final game of February will be played on the 19th. The final seven matches of the Sheffield Shield 2025-26, including the final of the tournament, will be played in March. On March 5, the first game will be played, while the final will be played on the 26th of March, as mentioned above.

Sheffield Shield 2025-26 Squads

All six teams of the Sheffield Shield 2025-26: Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia, and New South Wales include some of the famous Australian cricketers. Every Cricket enthusiast knows the value of this tournament. All the teams have incredible players who have the potential to be match-winners. Let's take a look at the Sheffield Shield 2025-26 Squads of all six teams.

Queensland Squad

Hugh Weibgen, Hugo Burdon, Jack Clayton, Lachlan Hearne, Marnus Labuschagne, Matt Renshaw, Max Bryant, Usman Khawaja, Callum Vidler, Gurinder Sandhu, Jem Ryan, Mark Steketee, Mitchell Swepson, Tom Straker, Tom Whitney, Xavier Bartlett, Zanden Jeh, Angus Lovell, Hayden Kerr, Jack Sinfield, Jack Wildermuth, Michael Neser, Thomas Balkin, Jimmy Peirson, Lachlan Aitken.

Tasmania Squad

Caleb Jewell, Charlie Wakim, Jake Weatherald, Jordan Silk, Macalister Wright, Nicholas Davis, Tim Ward, Billy Stanlake, Gabe Bell, Iain Carlisle, Jackson Bird, Kieran Elliott, Marcus Bean, Matthew Kuhnemann, Nathan Ellis, Riley Meredith, Will Prestwidge, Aidan O’Connor, Beau Webster, Bradley Hope, Lawrence Neil-Smith, Mitchell Owen, Nivethan Radhakrishnan, Raf MacMillan, Jake Doran.

Victoria Squad

Ashley Chandrasinghe, Blake Macdonald, Campbell Kellaway, Dylan Brasher, Jai Lemire, Marcus Harris, Ollie Peake, Thomas Rogers, Callum Stow, Cameron McClure, David Moody, Doug Warren, Fergus O'Neill, Mitchell Perry, Sam Elliott, Scott Boland, Todd Murphy, Xavier Crone, Austin Anlezark, Glenn Maxwell, Harry Dixon, Matthew Short, Tyler Pearson, Will Sutherland, Liam Blackford, Peter Handscomb, Sam Harper.

Western Australia Squad

Ashton Turner, Cameron Bancroft, Corey Wasley, Hilton Cartwright, Jayden Goodwin, Sam Fanning, Teague Wyllie, Aaron Hardie, Albert Esterhuysen, Cameron Green, Cooper Connolly, Keaton Critchell, Mitchell Marsh, Bryce Jackson, Cameron Gannon, Corey Rocchiccioli, Jhye Richardson, Joel Paris, Jordan Quiggin, Lance Morris, Liam Haskett, Mahli Beardman, Matthew Kelly, Baxter Holt, Joel Curtis, Josh Inglis, Sam Whiteman, Simon Budge.

South Australia squad

Conor McInerney, Daniel Drew, Douwtjie Hoogenboezem, Henry Hunt, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Jake Lehmann, Jason Sangha, Mackenzie Harvey, Thomas Kelly, Travis Head, Aidan Cahill, Benjamin Manenti, Campbell Thompson, Liam Scott, Nathan McAndrew, Nathan McSweeney, Alex Carey, Harry Matthias, Harry Nielsen, Brendan Doggett, Hanno Jacobs, Henry Thornton, Jordan Buckingham, Lloyd Pope, Spencer Johnson, Wes Agar.

New South Wales

Blake Nikitaras, Kurtis Patterson, Lachlan Shaw, Nic Maddinson, Sam Konstas, Steve Smith, Chris Tremain, Jack Edwards, Jake Scott, Joel Davies, Oliver Davies, Riley Kingsell, Josh Philippe, Matthew Gilkes, Ryan Hicks, Adam Zampa, Ben Dwarshuis, Charlie Anderson, Charlie Stobo, Jack Nisbet, Josh Hazlewood, Liam Hatcher, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Pat Cummins, Ryan Hadley, Sean Abbott, Tanveer Sangha, William Salzmann.