Ben Costello vs 🏏 Sam Konstas

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

Ben Costello career · imported matches

BAT Working on Basics

101 runs
7.1 avg · — SR
16 inns

BOWL

7 wkts
4.64 econ · 29.86 avg

FIELD 41

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 17: Ben Costello made 0 runs (HS 0); Sam made 1,019 (HS 150) at First-class / Sheffield Shield level .

🧤 Fielding

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

🎯 Bowling

Age	Ben Costello — Wkts	Sam Konstas — Wkts	Callout
6	—	7
7	—	22
8	—	27
9	4	20	16 wkts behind Sam's pace
10	—	20	20 wkts behind Sam's pace
11	—	27	27 wkts behind Sam's pace
12	—	37
13	—	35
14	—	29	29 wkts behind Sam's pace
15	1	1	+0 wkts vs Sam at this age
16	1	2	1 wkts behind Sam's pace
17	1	—	+1 wkts vs Sam at this age
18	—	—
19	—	1
20	—	—

🏏 Batting

Age	Ben Costello		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 Ben Costello
7	—	—	327 (50)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Ben Costello
8	—	—	838 (116)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Ben Costello
9	21 (12)	Premier Cricket — lower grade	647 (66)	Representative cricket	626 runs behind Sam's pace
10	2 (2)	Premier Cricket — lower grade	685 (83)	State age championships	683 runs behind Sam's pace
11	13 (13)	Premier Cricket — lower grade	1,171 (100)	State age championships	1,158 runs behind Sam's pace
12	—	—	962 (89)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Ben Costello
13	—	—	1,806 (159)	U15 district rep (Weblin Shield)	Sam was active at U15 district rep (Weblin Shield); no record for Ben Costello
14	39 (39)	Premier Cricket — lower grade	1,822 (206)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	1,783 runs behind Sam's pace
15	12 (12)	Representative cricket	2,075 (202)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	2,063 runs behind Sam's pace
16	14 (12)	Premier Cricket — lower grade	1,715 (117)	State 2nd XI	1,701 runs behind Sam's pace
17	0 (0)	Twenty20 Mulgrave Country Club Shield	1,019 (150)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	1,019 runs behind Sam's pace
18	—	—	1,115 (152)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Ben Costello
19	—	—	1,066 (116)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Ben Costello
20	—	—	371 (151)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Ben Costello

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