Rafi Merchant vs 🏏 Sam Konstas

Year-by-year, aligned by age (as at the 1 September cutoff) — see where Rafi 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.

Rafi Merchant career · imported matches

BAT 75

1,389 runs
39.55 avg · 101.59 SR
52 inns

BOWL ~41

38 wkts
4.88 econ · 23.37 avg

FIELD 48

22 ct · 0 st
8 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 14: Rafi Merchant made 166 runs (HS 50); Sam made 1,822 (HS 206) at AW Green Shield (U16 district rep) level .

🧤 Fielding

Age	Rafi Merchant	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	1 ct · 0 ro	13 ct · 4 ro	16 dismissals behind Sam's pace
12	2 ct · 0 ro	20 ct · 2 ro	20 dismissals behind Sam's pace
13	18 ct · 8 ro	13 ct · 6 ro	+7 dismissals vs Sam at this age
14	1 ct · 0 ro	23 ct · 2 ro	24 dismissals behind Sam's pace
15	—	19 ct · 4 ro
16	—	21 ct · 2 ro
17	—	13 ct · 0 ro
18	—	15 ct · 0 ro
19	—	21 ct · 2 ro
20	—	2 ct · 0 ro

🎯 Bowling

Age	Rafi Merchant — Wkts	Sam Konstas — Wkts	Callout
6	—	7
7	—	22
8	—	27
9	—	20
10	—	20
11	1	27	26 wkts behind Sam's pace
12	4	37	33 wkts behind Sam's pace
13	30	35	5 wkts behind Sam's pace
14	3	29	26 wkts behind Sam's pace
15	—	1
16	—	2
17	—	—
18	—	—
19	—	1
20	—	—

🏏 Batting

Age	Rafi Merchant		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 Rafi Merchant
7	—	—	327 (50)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Rafi Merchant
8	—	—	838 (116)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Rafi Merchant
9	—	—	647 (66)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Rafi Merchant
10	—	—	685 (83)	State age championships	Sam was active at State age championships; no record for Rafi Merchant
11	53 (31)	Representative cricket	1,171 (100)	State age championships	1,118 runs behind Sam's pace
12	114 (49)	Representative cricket	962 (89)	Representative cricket	848 runs behind Sam's pace
13	1,056 (81)	Representative cricket	1,806 (159)	U15 district rep (Weblin Shield)	750 runs behind Sam's pace
14	166 (50)	Representative cricket	1,822 (206)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	1,656 runs behind Sam's pace
15	—	—	2,075 (202)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	Sam was active at AW Green Shield (U16 district rep); no record for Rafi Merchant
16	—	—	1,715 (117)	State 2nd XI	Sam was active at State 2nd XI; no record for Rafi Merchant
17	—	—	1,019 (150)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Rafi Merchant
18	—	—	1,115 (152)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Rafi Merchant
19	—	—	1,066 (116)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Rafi Merchant
20	—	—	371 (151)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Rafi Merchant

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