Thomas Merkus vs 🏏 Sam Konstas

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

Thomas Merkus career · imported matches

BAT Working on Basics

106 runs
8.22 avg · 35.29 SR
19 inns

BOWL ~57

17 wkts
2.94 econ · 13.29 avg

FIELD 23

5 ct · 0 st
1 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 15: Thomas Merkus made 23 runs (HS 14); Sam made 2,075 (HS 202) at AW Green Shield (U16 district rep) level .

🧤 Fielding

Age	Thomas Merkus	Sam Konstas	Callout
6	—	1 ct · 2 ro
7	—	6 ct · 1 ro
8	—	9 ct · 4 ro
9	0 ct · 0 ro	13 ct · 3 ro	16 dismissals behind Sam's pace
10	1 ct · 0 ro	11 ct · 10 ro	20 dismissals behind Sam's pace
11	1 ct · 0 ro	13 ct · 4 ro	16 dismissals behind Sam's pace
12	—	20 ct · 2 ro
13	0 ct · 0 ro	13 ct · 6 ro	19 dismissals behind Sam's pace
14	2 ct · 1 ro	23 ct · 2 ro	22 dismissals behind Sam's pace
15	1 ct · 0 ro	19 ct · 4 ro	22 dismissals behind Sam's pace
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	Thomas Merkus — Wkts	Sam Konstas — Wkts	Callout
6	—	7
7	—	22
8	—	27
9	1	20	19 wkts behind Sam's pace
10	3	20	17 wkts behind Sam's pace
11	2	27	25 wkts behind Sam's pace
12	—	37
13	1	35	34 wkts behind Sam's pace
14	10	29	19 wkts behind Sam's pace
15	—	1	1 wkts behind Sam's pace
16	—	2
17	—	—
18	—	—
19	—	1
20	—	—

🏏 Batting

Age	Thomas Merkus		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 Thomas Merkus
7	—	—	327 (50)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Thomas Merkus
8	—	—	838 (116)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Thomas Merkus
9	23 (15)	Representative cricket	647 (66)	Representative cricket	624 runs behind Sam's pace
10	2 (1)	Representative cricket	685 (83)	State age championships	683 runs behind Sam's pace
11	0 (0)	Representative cricket	1,171 (100)	State age championships	1,171 runs behind Sam's pace
12	—	—	962 (89)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Thomas Merkus
13	10 (10)	Representative cricket	1,806 (159)	U15 district rep (Weblin Shield)	1,796 runs behind Sam's pace
14	48 (24)	Representative cricket	1,822 (206)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	1,774 runs behind Sam's pace
15	23 (14)	Premier Cricket — lower grade	2,075 (202)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	2,052 runs behind Sam's pace
16	—	—	1,715 (117)	State 2nd XI	Sam was active at State 2nd XI; no record for Thomas Merkus
17	—	—	1,019 (150)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Thomas Merkus
18	—	—	1,115 (152)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Thomas Merkus
19	—	—	1,066 (116)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Thomas Merkus
20	—	—	371 (151)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Thomas Merkus

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