Ben Watson 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 Watson career · imported matches

BAT Working on Basics

745 runs
14.9 avg · 19.83 SR
60 inns

BOWL 64

101 wkts
2.49 econ · 12.65 avg

FIELD 16

11 ct · 0 st
4 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 Watson made 17 runs (HS 17); Sam made 1,019 (HS 150) at First-class / Sheffield Shield level .

🧤 Fielding

Age	Ben Watson	Sam Konstas	Callout
6	—	1 ct · 2 ro
7	—	6 ct · 1 ro
8	—	9 ct · 4 ro
9	—	13 ct · 3 ro
10	0 ct · 0 ro	11 ct · 10 ro	21 dismissals behind Sam's pace
11	2 ct · 2 ro	13 ct · 4 ro	13 dismissals behind Sam's pace
12	1 ct · 0 ro	20 ct · 2 ro	21 dismissals behind Sam's pace
13	5 ct · 0 ro	13 ct · 6 ro	14 dismissals behind Sam's pace
14	2 ct · 1 ro	23 ct · 2 ro	22 dismissals behind Sam's pace
15	—	19 ct · 4 ro
16	1 ct · 0 ro	21 ct · 2 ro	22 dismissals behind Sam's pace
17	0 ct · 1 ro	13 ct · 0 ro	12 dismissals behind Sam's pace
18	—	15 ct · 0 ro
19	—	21 ct · 2 ro
20	—	2 ct · 0 ro

🎯 Bowling

Age	Ben Watson — Wkts	Sam Konstas — Wkts	Callout
6	—	7
7	—	22
8	—	27
9	—	20
10	16	20	4 wkts behind Sam's pace
11	28	27	+1 wkts vs Sam at this age
12	20	37	17 wkts behind Sam's pace
13	24	35	11 wkts behind Sam's pace
14	10	29	19 wkts behind Sam's pace
15	—	1
16	2	2	+0 wkts vs Sam at this age
17	1	—	+1 wkts vs Sam at this age
18	—	—
19	—	1
20	—	—

🏏 Batting

Age	Ben Watson		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 Watson
7	—	—	327 (50)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Ben Watson
8	—	—	838 (116)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Ben Watson
9	—	—	647 (66)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Ben Watson
10	74 (25)	Representative cricket	685 (83)	State age championships	611 runs behind Sam's pace
11	40 (12)	Representative cricket	1,171 (100)	State age championships	1,131 runs behind Sam's pace
12	175 (47)	Representative cricket	962 (89)	Representative cricket	787 runs behind Sam's pace
13	129 (25)	Representative cricket	1,806 (159)	U15 district rep (Weblin Shield)	1,677 runs behind Sam's pace
14	290 (93)	Representative cricket	1,822 (206)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	1,532 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 Ben Watson
16	20 (20)	Premier Cricket — lower grade	1,715 (117)	State 2nd XI	1,695 runs behind Sam's pace
17	17 (17)	Premier Cricket — lower grade	1,019 (150)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	1,002 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 Watson
19	—	—	1,066 (116)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Ben Watson
20	—	—	371 (151)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Ben Watson

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