Matthew Willans vs 🏏 Sam Konstas

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

Matthew Willans career · imported matches

BAT Working on Basics

1,182 runs
13.79 avg · 70.96 SR
113 inns

BOWL 42

224 wkts
3.49 econ · 21.21 avg

FIELD 41

52 ct · 0 st
5 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 18: Matthew Willans made 158 runs (HS 34); Sam made 1,115 (HS 152) at First-class / Sheffield Shield level .

🧤 Fielding

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

🎯 Bowling

Age	Matthew Willans — Wkts	Sam Konstas — Wkts	Callout
6	—	7
7	—	22
8	—	27
9	7	20	13 wkts behind Sam's pace
10	16	20	4 wkts behind Sam's pace
11	19	27	8 wkts behind Sam's pace
12	29	37	8 wkts behind Sam's pace
13	31	35	4 wkts behind Sam's pace
14	33	29	+4 wkts vs Sam at this age
15	22	1	+21 wkts vs Sam at this age
16	13	2	+11 wkts vs Sam at this age
17	21	—	+21 wkts vs Sam at this age
18	32	—	+32 wkts vs Sam at this age
19	—	1
20	—	—

🏏 Batting

Age	Matthew Willans		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 Matthew Willans
7	—	—	327 (50)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Matthew Willans
8	—	—	838 (116)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Matthew Willans
9	26 (11)	Representative cricket	647 (66)	Representative cricket	621 runs behind Sam's pace
10	48 (26)	Representative cricket	685 (83)	State age championships	637 runs behind Sam's pace
11	56 (18)	Premier Cricket — 1st Grade	1,171 (100)	State age championships	1,115 runs behind Sam's pace
12	119 (25)	State age championships	962 (89)	Representative cricket	843 runs behind Sam's pace
13	74 (23)	State age championships	1,806 (159)	U15 district rep (Weblin Shield)	1,732 runs behind Sam's pace
14	98 (27)	State 2nd XI	1,822 (206)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	1,724 runs behind Sam's pace
15	59 (20)	Premier Cricket — 1st Grade	2,075 (202)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	2,016 runs behind Sam's pace
16	102 (26)	Big Bash League (BBL)	1,715 (117)	State 2nd XI	1,613 runs behind Sam's pace
17	442 (83)	Premier Cricket — 1st Grade	1,019 (150)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	577 runs behind Sam's pace
18	158 (34)	State 2nd XI	1,115 (152)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	957 runs behind Sam's pace
19	—	—	1,066 (116)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Matthew Willans
20	—	—	371 (151)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Matthew Willans

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