Ari Popat vs 🏏 Sam Konstas

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

Ari Popat career · imported matches

BAT Working on Basics

444 runs
13.76 avg · 56.67 SR
44 inns

BOWL ~64

35 wkts
3.47 econ · 12.43 avg

FIELD 22

5 ct · 0 st
8 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: Ari Popat made 77 runs (HS 37); Sam made 1,171 (HS 100) at State age championships level .

🧤 Fielding

Age	Ari Popat	Sam Konstas	Callout
6	—	1 ct · 2 ro
7	0 ct · 0 ro	6 ct · 1 ro	7 dismissals behind Sam's pace
8	0 ct · 0 ro	9 ct · 4 ro	13 dismissals behind Sam's pace
9	0 ct · 1 ro	13 ct · 3 ro	15 dismissals behind Sam's pace
10	4 ct · 6 ro	11 ct · 10 ro	11 dismissals behind Sam's pace
11	1 ct · 1 ro	13 ct · 4 ro	15 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	Ari Popat — Wkts	Sam Konstas — Wkts	Callout
6	—	7
7	1	22	21 wkts behind Sam's pace
8	2	27	25 wkts behind Sam's pace
9	7	20	13 wkts behind Sam's pace
10	21	20	+1 wkts vs Sam at this age
11	4	27	23 wkts behind Sam's pace
12	—	37
13	—	35
14	—	29
15	—	1
16	—	2
17	—	—
18	—	—
19	—	1
20	—	—

🏏 Batting

Age	Ari Popat		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 Ari Popat
7	0 (0)	Saturday U9 S1 South 10.30am	327 (50)	Representative cricket	327 runs behind Sam's pace
8	17 (11)	Representative cricket	838 (116)	Representative cricket	821 runs behind Sam's pace
9	52 (9)	Representative cricket	647 (66)	Representative cricket	595 runs behind Sam's pace
10	298 (30)	Representative cricket	685 (83)	State age championships	387 runs behind Sam's pace
11	77 (37)	Representative cricket	1,171 (100)	State age championships	1,094 runs behind Sam's pace
12	—	—	962 (89)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Ari Popat
13	—	—	1,806 (159)	U15 district rep (Weblin Shield)	Sam was active at U15 district rep (Weblin Shield); no record for Ari Popat
14	—	—	1,822 (206)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	Sam was active at AW Green Shield (U16 district rep); no record for Ari Popat
15	—	—	2,075 (202)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	Sam was active at AW Green Shield (U16 district rep); no record for Ari Popat
16	—	—	1,715 (117)	State 2nd XI	Sam was active at State 2nd XI; no record for Ari Popat
17	—	—	1,019 (150)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Ari Popat
18	—	—	1,115 (152)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Ari Popat
19	—	—	1,066 (116)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Ari Popat
20	—	—	371 (151)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Ari Popat

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