Benjamin Close vs 🏏 Sam Konstas

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

Benjamin Close career · imported matches

BAT Working on Basics

253 runs
16.2 avg · — SR
22 inns

BOWL 61

15 wkts
3.94 econ · 17.33 avg

FIELD 13

0 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 11: Benjamin Close made 171 runs (HS 31); Sam made 1,171 (HS 100) at State age championships level .

🧤 Fielding

Age	Benjamin Close	Sam Konstas	Callout
6	—	1 ct · 2 ro
7	—	6 ct · 1 ro
8	0 ct · 0 ro	9 ct · 4 ro	13 dismissals behind Sam's pace
9	0 ct · 0 ro	13 ct · 3 ro	16 dismissals behind Sam's pace
10	0 ct · 1 ro	11 ct · 10 ro	20 dismissals behind Sam's pace
11	0 ct · 1 ro	13 ct · 4 ro	16 dismissals behind Sam's pace
12	—	20 ct · 2 ro
13	—	13 ct · 6 ro
14	—	23 ct · 2 ro
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	Benjamin Close — Wkts	Sam Konstas — Wkts	Callout
6	—	7
7	—	22
8	1	27	26 wkts behind Sam's pace
9	—	20	20 wkts behind Sam's pace
10	3	20	17 wkts behind Sam's pace
11	11	27	16 wkts behind Sam's pace
12	—	37
13	—	35
14	—	29
15	—	1
16	—	2
17	—	—
18	—	—
19	—	1
20	—	—

🏏 Batting

Age	Benjamin Close		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 Benjamin Close
7	—	—	327 (50)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Benjamin Close
8	9 (9)	Representative cricket	838 (116)	Representative cricket	829 runs behind Sam's pace
9	34 (31)	Representative cricket	647 (66)	Representative cricket	613 runs behind Sam's pace
10	39 (21)	Representative cricket	685 (83)	State age championships	646 runs behind Sam's pace
11	171 (31)	Representative cricket	1,171 (100)	State age championships	1,000 runs behind Sam's pace
12	—	—	962 (89)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Benjamin Close
13	—	—	1,806 (159)	U15 district rep (Weblin Shield)	Sam was active at U15 district rep (Weblin Shield); no record for Benjamin Close
14	—	—	1,822 (206)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	Sam was active at AW Green Shield (U16 district rep); no record for Benjamin Close
15	—	—	2,075 (202)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	Sam was active at AW Green Shield (U16 district rep); no record for Benjamin Close
16	—	—	1,715 (117)	State 2nd XI	Sam was active at State 2nd XI; no record for Benjamin Close
17	—	—	1,019 (150)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Benjamin Close
18	—	—	1,115 (152)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Benjamin Close
19	—	—	1,066 (116)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Benjamin Close
20	—	—	371 (151)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Benjamin Close

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