Ben Whitaker 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 Whitaker career · imported matches

BAT Working on Basics

462 runs
27.35 avg · 78.43 SR
25 inns

BOWL 75

23 wkts
2.34 econ · 7 avg

FIELD 30

5 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 12: Ben Whitaker made 42 runs (HS 22); Sam made 962 (HS 89) at Representative cricket level .

🧤 Fielding

Age	Ben Whitaker	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	2 ct · 0 ro	13 ct · 3 ro	14 dismissals behind Sam's pace
10	0 ct · 2 ro	11 ct · 10 ro	19 dismissals behind Sam's pace
11	2 ct · 1 ro	13 ct · 4 ro	14 dismissals behind Sam's pace
12	1 ct · 1 ro	20 ct · 2 ro	20 dismissals behind Sam's pace
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	Ben Whitaker — Wkts	Sam Konstas — Wkts	Callout
6	—	7
7	—	22
8	2	27	25 wkts behind Sam's pace
9	1	20	19 wkts behind Sam's pace
10	8	20	12 wkts behind Sam's pace
11	11	27	16 wkts behind Sam's pace
12	1	37	36 wkts behind Sam's pace
13	—	35
14	—	29
15	—	1
16	—	2
17	—	—
18	—	—
19	—	1
20	—	—

🏏 Batting

Age	Ben Whitaker		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 Whitaker
7	—	—	327 (50)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Ben Whitaker
8	5 (5)	Representative cricket	838 (116)	Representative cricket	833 runs behind Sam's pace
9	17 (17)	Representative cricket	647 (66)	Representative cricket	630 runs behind Sam's pace
10	215 (54)	Representative cricket	685 (83)	State age championships	470 runs behind Sam's pace
11	183 (55)	Representative cricket	1,171 (100)	State age championships	988 runs behind Sam's pace
12	42 (22)	U13 district rep (Gee Shield)	962 (89)	Representative cricket	920 runs behind Sam's pace
13	—	—	1,806 (159)	U15 district rep (Weblin Shield)	Sam was active at U15 district rep (Weblin Shield); no record for Ben Whitaker
14	—	—	1,822 (206)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	Sam was active at AW Green Shield (U16 district rep); no record for Ben Whitaker
15	—	—	2,075 (202)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	Sam was active at AW Green Shield (U16 district rep); no record for Ben Whitaker
16	—	—	1,715 (117)	State 2nd XI	Sam was active at State 2nd XI; no record for Ben Whitaker
17	—	—	1,019 (150)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Ben Whitaker
18	—	—	1,115 (152)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Ben Whitaker
19	—	—	1,066 (116)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Ben Whitaker
20	—	—	371 (151)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Ben Whitaker

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