shield match

noun

1. 1. a cricket match for the Sheffield Shield

   2. a rugby match for the Ranfurly Shield

Example Sentences

Earlier this week, Queensland won a day-night Sheffield Shield match against Victoria at the Gabba inside three days.

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Local media posted pictures of both men training at Cricket NSW headquarters in Sydney during New South Wales' Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania.

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Hughes, Agar's batting partner on that day in Nottingham, was killed on the field little more than a year later, struck by a fatal blow to the neck batting in a Sheffield Shield match.

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The 2014 Shield match involved three current players - Lyon, Mitchell Starc and Travis Head - as well as commentators Callum Ferguson, David Warner and Brad Haddin.

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Alvarez will miss City's pre-season tour of the United States and the Community Shield match against Manchester United, which takes place the day after the gold medal match.

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