Paddy Ward vs 🏏 Sam Konstas

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

Paddy Ward career · imported matches

BAT Working on Basics

396 runs
9.18 avg · 41.83 SR
63 inns

BOWL 65

100 wkts
3 econ · 12.89 avg

FIELD 17

20 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 16: Paddy Ward made 11 runs (HS 6); Sam made 1,715 (HS 117) at State 2nd XI level .

🧤 Fielding

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

🎯 Bowling

Age	Paddy Ward — Wkts	Sam Konstas — Wkts	Callout
6	—	7
7	—	22
8	4	27	23 wkts behind Sam's pace
9	2	20	18 wkts behind Sam's pace
10	21	20	+1 wkts vs Sam at this age
11	32	27	+5 wkts vs Sam at this age
12	16	37	21 wkts behind Sam's pace
13	9	35	26 wkts behind Sam's pace
14	—	29
15	6	1	+5 wkts vs Sam at this age
16	4	2	+2 wkts vs Sam at this age
17	—	—
18	—	—
19	—	1
20	—	—

🏏 Batting

Age	Paddy Ward		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 Paddy Ward
7	—	—	327 (50)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Paddy Ward
8	85 (12)	Representative cricket	838 (116)	Representative cricket	753 runs behind Sam's pace
9	50 (17)	Representative cricket	647 (66)	Representative cricket	597 runs behind Sam's pace
10	88 (22)	Representative cricket	685 (83)	State age championships	597 runs behind Sam's pace
11	48 (17)	State age championships	1,171 (100)	State age championships	1,123 runs behind Sam's pace
12	51 (16)	Representative cricket	962 (89)	Representative cricket	911 runs behind Sam's pace
13	43 (20)	Representative cricket	1,806 (159)	U15 district rep (Weblin Shield)	1,763 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 Paddy Ward
15	11 (8)	State 2nd XI	2,075 (202)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	2,064 runs behind Sam's pace
16	11 (6)	State 2nd XI	1,715 (117)	State 2nd XI	1,704 runs behind Sam's pace
17	—	—	1,019 (150)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Paddy Ward
18	—	—	1,115 (152)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Paddy Ward
19	—	—	1,066 (116)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Paddy Ward
20	—	—	371 (151)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Paddy Ward

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