Matthew Ballamy vs 🏏 Sam Konstas

Year-by-year, aligned by age (as at the 1 September cutoff) — see where Matthew sits against Sam at the same age.

Both figures count imported matches only — a player with just rep matches imported will show lower volumes than one with a full career on file. Treat totals as indicative of level reached, not a like-for-like volume race.

Matthew Ballamy career · imported matches

BAT Working on Basics

177 runs
15.71 avg · 55.14 SR
13 inns

BOWL

1 wkts
5.5 econ · 33 avg

FIELD 26

3 ct · 0 st
2 run outs

Sam Konstas career · imported matches

BAT 77

15,884 runs
43.01 avg · 70.39 SR
460 inns

BOWL

228 wkts
3.09 econ · 17.11 avg

FIELD 60

203 ct · 1 st
43 run outs

At age 16: Matthew Ballamy made 147 runs (HS 30); Sam made 1,715 (HS 117) at State 2nd XI level .

🧤 Fielding

Age	Matthew Ballamy	Sam Konstas	Callout
6	—	1 ct · 2 ro
7	—	6 ct · 1 ro
8	—	9 ct · 4 ro
9	—	13 ct · 3 ro
10	—	11 ct · 10 ro
11	—	13 ct · 4 ro
12	—	20 ct · 2 ro
13	—	13 ct · 6 ro
14	0 ct · 1 ro	23 ct · 2 ro	24 dismissals behind Sam's pace
15	0 ct · 0 ro	19 ct · 4 ro	23 dismissals behind Sam's pace
16	3 ct · 1 ro	21 ct · 2 ro	19 dismissals behind Sam's pace
17	—	13 ct · 0 ro
18	—	15 ct · 0 ro
19	—	21 ct · 2 ro
20	—	2 ct · 0 ro

🎯 Bowling

Age	Matthew Ballamy — Wkts	Sam Konstas — Wkts	Callout
6	—	7
7	—	22
8	—	27
9	—	20
10	—	20
11	—	27
12	—	37
13	—	35
14	—	29	29 wkts behind Sam's pace
15	—	1	1 wkts behind Sam's pace
16	1	2	1 wkts behind Sam's pace
17	—	—
18	—	—
19	—	1
20	—	—

🏏 Batting

Age	Matthew Ballamy		Sam Konstas		Callout
	Runs (HS)	Level reached	Runs (HS)	Level reached
6	—	—	152 (30)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Matthew Ballamy
7	—	—	327 (50)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Matthew Ballamy
8	—	—	838 (116)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Matthew Ballamy
9	—	—	647 (66)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Matthew Ballamy
10	—	—	685 (83)	State age championships	Sam was active at State age championships; no record for Matthew Ballamy
11	—	—	1,171 (100)	State age championships	Sam was active at State age championships; no record for Matthew Ballamy
12	—	—	962 (89)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Matthew Ballamy
13	—	—	1,806 (159)	U15 district rep (Weblin Shield)	Sam was active at U15 district rep (Weblin Shield); no record for Matthew Ballamy
14	15 (15)	U15B Sunday - Taylor Shield	1,822 (206)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	1,807 runs behind Sam's pace
15	15 (15)	Representative cricket	2,075 (202)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	2,060 runs behind Sam's pace
16	147 (30)	Sunday One Day - Division 2	1,715 (117)	State 2nd XI	1,568 runs behind Sam's pace
17	—	—	1,019 (150)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Matthew Ballamy
18	—	—	1,115 (152)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Matthew Ballamy
19	—	—	1,066 (116)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Matthew Ballamy
20	—	—	371 (151)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Matthew Ballamy

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