Ben Donnellan 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 Donnellan career · imported matches

BAT Working on Basics

569 runs
19.51 avg · 40.92 SR
35 inns

BOWL

0 wkts
7 econ · — avg

FIELD 38

26 ct · 3 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 17: Ben Donnellan made 83 runs (HS 33); Sam made 1,019 (HS 150) at First-class / Sheffield Shield level .

🧤 Fielding

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

🎯 Bowling

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

🏏 Batting

Age	Ben Donnellan		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 Donnellan
7	—	—	327 (50)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Ben Donnellan
8	—	—	838 (116)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Ben Donnellan
9	—	—	647 (66)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Ben Donnellan
10	—	—	685 (83)	State age championships	Sam was active at State age championships; no record for Ben Donnellan
11	35 (13)	Representative cricket	1,171 (100)	State age championships	1,136 runs behind Sam's pace
12	8 (8)	Representative cricket	962 (89)	Representative cricket	954 runs behind Sam's pace
13	82 (57)	State age championships	1,806 (159)	U15 district rep (Weblin Shield)	1,724 runs behind Sam's pace
14	—	—	1,822 (206)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	Sam was active at AW Green Shield (U16 district rep); no record for Ben Donnellan
15	230 (73)	Representative cricket	2,075 (202)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	1,845 runs behind Sam's pace
16	131 (46)	Premier Cricket — lower grade	1,715 (117)	State 2nd XI	1,584 runs behind Sam's pace
17	83 (33)	Premier Cricket — lower grade	1,019 (150)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	936 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 Donnellan
19	—	—	1,066 (116)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Ben Donnellan
20	—	—	371 (151)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Ben Donnellan

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