Sheffield Shield
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The Sheffield Shield is a domestic A list cricket competition held in Australia and is governed by Cricket Australia.Sheffield Shield earlier known as Pura Cup has various Australian state teams participating in the tournament.The tournament was first played in the year 1892,cricket format for the tournament is First class(4 day).The tournament follows the Round Robin format which is then followed by the finals.When all the teams have played each other in a four day match twice,teams for the 5 day final is selected.The team that is placed in the 1st and the 2nd position in the points table plays the finals at the home ground of the first placed team.In case of a draw the match is given to the home team.The current champion of the tournament is the New South Wales Blues,they are the most successful team having won 45 titles till date.
