Nicholas Van Groesen vs 🏏 Sam Konstas

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

Nicholas Van Groesen career · imported matches

BAT Working on Basics

1,701 runs
15.1 avg · 49.25 SR
133 inns

BOWL 64

53 wkts
2.35 econ · 10.25 avg

FIELD 49

100 ct · 14 st
10 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: Nicholas Van Groesen made 50 runs (HS 50); Sam made 1,715 (HS 117) at State 2nd XI level .

🧤 Fielding

Age	Nicholas Van Groesen	Sam Konstas	Callout
6	—	1 ct · 2 ro
7	—	6 ct · 1 ro
8	16 ct · 5 ro	9 ct · 4 ro	+8 dismissals vs Sam at this age
9	9 ct · 1 ro	13 ct · 3 ro	6 dismissals behind Sam's pace
10	6 ct · 0 ro	11 ct · 10 ro	15 dismissals behind Sam's pace
11	8 ct · 2 ro	13 ct · 4 ro	7 dismissals behind Sam's pace
12	16 ct · 0 ro	20 ct · 2 ro	6 dismissals behind Sam's pace
13	23 ct · 1 ro	13 ct · 6 ro	+5 dismissals vs Sam at this age
14	36 ct · 1 ro	23 ct · 2 ro	+12 dismissals vs Sam at this age
15	—	19 ct · 4 ro
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	Nicholas Van Groesen — Wkts	Sam Konstas — Wkts	Callout
6	—	7
7	—	22
8	11	27	16 wkts behind Sam's pace
9	17	20	3 wkts behind Sam's pace
10	17	20	3 wkts behind Sam's pace
11	3	27	24 wkts behind Sam's pace
12	1	37	36 wkts behind Sam's pace
13	4	35	31 wkts behind Sam's pace
14	—	29	29 wkts behind Sam's pace
15	—	1
16	—	2	2 wkts behind Sam's pace
17	—	—
18	—	—
19	—	1
20	—	—

🏏 Batting

Age	Nicholas Van Groesen		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 Nicholas Van Groesen
7	—	—	327 (50)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Nicholas Van Groesen
8	277 (73)	Representative cricket	838 (116)	Representative cricket	561 runs behind Sam's pace
9	188 (61)	Representative cricket	647 (66)	Representative cricket	459 runs behind Sam's pace
10	232 (53)	Representative cricket	685 (83)	State age championships	453 runs behind Sam's pace
11	137 (27)	Representative cricket	1,171 (100)	State age championships	1,034 runs behind Sam's pace
12	238 (41)	Representative cricket	962 (89)	Representative cricket	724 runs behind Sam's pace
13	268 (76)	Premier Cricket — lower grade	1,806 (159)	U15 district rep (Weblin Shield)	1,538 runs behind Sam's pace
14	311 (53)	Premier Cricket — lower grade	1,822 (206)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	1,511 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 Nicholas Van Groesen
16	50 (50)	Premier Cricket — lower grade	1,715 (117)	State 2nd XI	1,665 runs behind Sam's pace
17	—	—	1,019 (150)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Nicholas Van Groesen
18	—	—	1,115 (152)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Nicholas Van Groesen
19	—	—	1,066 (116)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Nicholas Van Groesen
20	—	—	371 (151)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Nicholas Van Groesen

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