Ben Van Bael 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 Van Bael career · imported matches

BAT Working on Basics

220 runs
11.62 avg · 50.74 SR
25 inns

BOWL 75

56 wkts
3.4 econ · 9.05 avg

FIELD 34

13 ct · 0 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 15: Ben Van Bael made 30 runs (HS 15); Sam made 2,075 (HS 202) at AW Green Shield (U16 district rep) level .

🧤 Fielding

Age	Ben Van Bael	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	0 ct · 0 ro	13 ct · 3 ro	16 dismissals behind Sam's pace
10	0 ct · 0 ro	11 ct · 10 ro	21 dismissals behind Sam's pace
11	—	13 ct · 4 ro
12	0 ct · 1 ro	20 ct · 2 ro	21 dismissals behind Sam's pace
13	4 ct · 1 ro	13 ct · 6 ro	14 dismissals behind Sam's pace
14	6 ct · 0 ro	23 ct · 2 ro	19 dismissals behind Sam's pace
15	3 ct · 0 ro	19 ct · 4 ro	20 dismissals behind Sam's pace
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	Ben Van Bael — Wkts	Sam Konstas — Wkts	Callout
6	—	7
7	—	22
8	—	27	27 wkts behind Sam's pace
9	—	20	20 wkts behind Sam's pace
10	—	20	20 wkts behind Sam's pace
11	—	27
12	3	37	34 wkts behind Sam's pace
13	16	35	19 wkts behind Sam's pace
14	25	29	4 wkts behind Sam's pace
15	12	1	+11 wkts vs Sam at this age
16	—	2
17	—	—
18	—	—
19	—	1
20	—	—

🏏 Batting

Age	Ben Van Bael		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 Van Bael
7	—	—	327 (50)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Ben Van Bael
8	5 (5)	Representative cricket	838 (116)	Representative cricket	833 runs behind Sam's pace
9	10 (10)	Representative cricket	647 (66)	Representative cricket	637 runs behind Sam's pace
10	0 (0)	Representative cricket	685 (83)	State age championships	685 runs behind Sam's pace
11	—	—	1,171 (100)	State age championships	Sam was active at State age championships; no record for Ben Van Bael
12	19 (17)	State age championships	962 (89)	Representative cricket	943 runs behind Sam's pace
13	71 (28)	State age championships	1,806 (159)	U15 district rep (Weblin Shield)	1,735 runs behind Sam's pace
14	85 (21)	Premier Cricket — lower grade	1,822 (206)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	1,737 runs behind Sam's pace
15	30 (15)	Premier Cricket — lower grade	2,075 (202)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	2,045 runs behind Sam's pace
16	—	—	1,715 (117)	State 2nd XI	Sam was active at State 2nd XI; no record for Ben Van Bael
17	—	—	1,019 (150)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Ben Van Bael
18	—	—	1,115 (152)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Ben Van Bael
19	—	—	1,066 (116)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Ben Van Bael
20	—	—	371 (151)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Ben Van Bael

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