2001–02 Sheffield Shield season

2001–02 Sheffield Shield season

Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin & Final
Champions	Queensland (5th title)
Participants	6
Matches	31
Player of the series	Brad Hodge (Vic) & Jimmy Maher (Qld)
Most runs	Martin Love (1,108)
Most wickets	Michael Kasprowicz (49)

The 2001–02 Sheffield Shield season known as the Pura Cup was the 100th season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. Queensland won the championship.

Table

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	Drawn	N/R	Points
Queensland	10	5	2	0	3	0	36
Tasmania	10	4	2	0	4	0	30
Western Australia	10	3	3	0	5	0	26
South Australia	10	3	5	0	2	0	20
Victoria	10	2	4	0	4	0	16
New South Wales	10	2	4	0	4	0	12

Final

22–26 March 2002 Scorecard

(H) Queensland	v	Tasmania
4/253d (114 overs) Andrew Symonds 91* (157) Shane Jurgensen 5/68 (35 overs)		141 (56.2 overs) Michael Dighton 29 (64) Michael Kasprowicz 5/60 (20 overs)
368 (124.5 overs) Brendan Nash 96 (216) Shane Jurgensen 6/104 (34 overs)		294 (99.5 overs) Michael Di Venuto 65 (147) Andrew Symonds 4/45 (22 overs)

Queensland won by 235 runs Venue: The Gabba, Brisbane Umpires: Simon Taufel and Steve Davis Player of the match: Andrew Symonds (Queensland)

• Tasmania won the toss and elected to field.

Statistics

Most runs

Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	Ave	HS	100	50
Martin Love	Queensland	11	20	3	1108	65.17	202*	2	6
Jimmy Maher	Queensland	9	17	1	1085	67.81	209	3	5
Brad Hodge	Victoria	10	18	3	858	57.2	140	4	2
Greg Blewett	South Australia	10	19	3	858	53.62	169*	4	2
Matthew Elliott	Victoria	10	20	2	780	43.33	135*	1	6

Most wickets

Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Overs	Wkts	Ave	Econ	BBI	BBM	5	10
Michael Kasprowicz	Queensland	9	17	343.5	49	22.08	3.14	5/44	9/131	2	0
Stuart Clark	New South Wales	9	17	387.0	45	23.26	2.70	5/42	8/148	4	0
Jo Angel	Western Australia	10	18	412.0	44	24.4	2.60	6/52	9/110	1	0
Paul Rofe	South Australia	10	19	410.4	41	24.68	2.46	7/52	13/112	3	1
Ashley Noffke	Queensland	10	18	345.4	38	26.31	2.89	5/31	9/143	2	0