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Craig Best vs 🏏 Sam Konstas

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

Craig Best career · imported matches
BAT 54
768 runs
20.7 avg · 46.35 SR
39 inns
BOWL
6 wkts
2.82 econ · 5.17 avg
FIELD 84
40 ct · 5 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 20: Craig Best made 10 runs (HS 7); Sam made 371 (HS 151) at First-class / Sheffield Shield level .

🧤 Fielding

Age Craig Best 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 · 0 ro 23 ct · 2 ro 25 dismissals behind Sam's pace
15 4 ct · 0 ro 19 ct · 4 ro 19 dismissals behind Sam's pace
16 9 ct · 0 ro 21 ct · 2 ro 14 dismissals behind Sam's pace
17 9 ct · 1 ro 13 ct · 0 ro 3 dismissals behind Sam's pace
18 6 ct · 0 ro 15 ct · 0 ro 9 dismissals behind Sam's pace
19 13 ct · 0 ro 21 ct · 2 ro 10 dismissals behind Sam's pace
20 4 ct · 0 ro 2 ct · 0 ro +2 dismissals vs Sam at this age

🎯 Bowling

Age Craig Best — 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 +0 wkts vs Sam at this age
16 — 2 2 wkts behind Sam's pace
17 — — +0 wkts vs Sam at this age
18 — — +0 wkts vs Sam at this age
19 5 1 +4 wkts vs Sam at this age
20 — — +0 wkts vs Sam at this age

🏏 Batting

Age Craig Best 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 Craig Best
7 — — 327 (50) Representative cricket Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Craig Best
8 — — 838 (116) Representative cricket Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Craig Best
9 — — 647 (66) Representative cricket Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Craig Best
10 — — 685 (83) State age championships Sam was active at State age championships; no record for Craig Best
11 — — 1,171 (100) State age championships Sam was active at State age championships; no record for Craig Best
12 — — 962 (89) Representative cricket Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Craig Best
13 — — 1,806 (159) U15 district rep (Weblin Shield) Sam was active at U15 district rep (Weblin Shield); no record for Craig Best
14 0 (0) State age championships 1,822 (206) AW Green Shield (U16 district rep) 1,822 runs behind Sam's pace
15 134 (46) State age championships 2,075 (202) AW Green Shield (U16 district rep) 1,941 runs behind Sam's pace
16 88 (44) State age championships 1,715 (117) State 2nd XI 1,627 runs behind Sam's pace
17 121 (29) Premier Cricket — lower grade 1,019 (150) First-class / Sheffield Shield 898 runs behind Sam's pace
18 32 (25) Premier Cricket — lower grade 1,115 (152) First-class / Sheffield Shield 1,083 runs behind Sam's pace
19 383 (131) Premier Cricket — lower grade 1,066 (116) First-class / Sheffield Shield 683 runs behind Sam's pace
20 10 (7) Premier Cricket — lower grade 371 (151) First-class / Sheffield Shield 361 runs behind Sam's pace
See Sam Konstas's full pathway →