in the final round of fixtures, tasmania beat the defending champions, victoria, by 156 runs to advance to their first sheffield shield final since the 2012–13 season. they faced queensland at allan border field in brisbane. in the final, queensland beat tasmania by nine wickets to win their eighth title and their first since 2012. this was also the final season for doug bollinger, ed cowan, ben cutting and michael klinger.