Vinuk Palihakkara vs 🏏 Sam Konstas

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

Vinuk Palihakkara career · imported matches

BAT Working on Basics

323 runs
10.07 avg · 45.5 SR
46 inns

BOWL 49

40 wkts
3.17 econ · 18.43 avg

FIELD 23

10 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 14: Vinuk Palihakkara made 109 runs (HS 29); Sam made 1,822 (HS 206) at AW Green Shield (U16 district rep) level .

🧤 Fielding

Age	Vinuk Palihakkara	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	1 ct · 0 ro	13 ct · 3 ro	15 dismissals behind Sam's pace
10	—	11 ct · 10 ro
11	1 ct · 1 ro	13 ct · 4 ro	15 dismissals behind Sam's pace
12	1 ct · 0 ro	20 ct · 2 ro	21 dismissals behind Sam's pace
13	2 ct · 0 ro	13 ct · 6 ro	17 dismissals behind Sam's pace
14	5 ct · 0 ro	23 ct · 2 ro	20 dismissals behind Sam's pace
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	Vinuk Palihakkara — Wkts	Sam Konstas — Wkts	Callout
6	—	7
7	—	22
8	2	27	25 wkts behind Sam's pace
9	2	20	18 wkts behind Sam's pace
10	—	20
11	3	27	24 wkts behind Sam's pace
12	15	37	22 wkts behind Sam's pace
13	5	35	30 wkts behind Sam's pace
14	13	29	16 wkts behind Sam's pace
15	—	1
16	—	2
17	—	—
18	—	—
19	—	1
20	—	—

🏏 Batting

Age	Vinuk Palihakkara		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 Vinuk Palihakkara
7	—	—	327 (50)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Vinuk Palihakkara
8	7 (7)	Representative cricket	838 (116)	Representative cricket	831 runs behind Sam's pace
9	30 (19)	Representative cricket	647 (66)	Representative cricket	617 runs behind Sam's pace
10	—	—	685 (83)	State age championships	Sam was active at State age championships; no record for Vinuk Palihakkara
11	23 (9)	Representative cricket	1,171 (100)	State age championships	1,148 runs behind Sam's pace
12	105 (40)	Representative cricket	962 (89)	Representative cricket	857 runs behind Sam's pace
13	49 (17)	State age championships	1,806 (159)	U15 district rep (Weblin Shield)	1,757 runs behind Sam's pace
14	109 (29)	Representative cricket	1,822 (206)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	1,713 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 Vinuk Palihakkara
16	—	—	1,715 (117)	State 2nd XI	Sam was active at State 2nd XI; no record for Vinuk Palihakkara
17	—	—	1,019 (150)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Vinuk Palihakkara
18	—	—	1,115 (152)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Vinuk Palihakkara
19	—	—	1,066 (116)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Vinuk Palihakkara
20	—	—	371 (151)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Vinuk Palihakkara

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