2017–18 Sheffield Shield season for 2017-18. Players with international caps are listed in bold. South Australia named the following squad for 2017-18. Players with international caps are listed in bold. Tasmania named the following squad for 2017-18. Players with international caps are listed in bold. Victoria named the following squad for 2017-18. Players with international caps are listed in bold. Western Australia named the following squad for 2017-18. Players with international caps are listed in bold. The following players made their first-class debuts throughout the competition. All Sheffield Shield matches were exclusively streamed live and free on Cricket Australia's official website, with the final
Allahabad Cricketers camp along with Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli, committed suicide at the age of 34. Allahabad has produced several cricketers for Under-19 and University of Allahabad cricket team. L.B. Kala, Ramesh Pal, Brijesh Sahay, B.N. Agrwal, Arun Singh, Ravindra Singh, Vinod Pandey, Alok Singh, Mohammad Asif and many others went on to play for the university team. Allahabad Cricketers has had several senior players from the Ranji trophy teams of Uttar Pradesh and Railways right from the beginning. Veteran players like K.B. Kala, Hyder Ali, Mohammad Tarif, Sekhar Anand, Giridhari Mishra, have guided players for many years. Allahabad Cricketers has