Matthew Bates 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 Bates career · imported matches

BAT Working on Basics

733 runs
17.4 avg · 28.93 SR
49 inns

BOWL 60

37 wkts
2.92 econ · 13.89 avg

FIELD 12

10 ct · 0 st
1 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 Bates made 145 runs (HS 30); Sam made 1,115 (HS 152) at First-class / Sheffield Shield level .

🧤 Fielding

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

🎯 Bowling

Age	Matthew Bates — Wkts	Sam Konstas — Wkts	Callout
6	—	7
7	—	22
8	—	27
9	—	20
10	—	20
11	9	27	18 wkts behind Sam's pace
12	4	37	33 wkts behind Sam's pace
13	—	35
14	—	29
15	7	1	+6 wkts vs Sam at this age
16	2	2	+0 wkts vs Sam at this age
17	9	—	+9 wkts vs Sam at this age
18	6	—	+6 wkts vs Sam at this age
19	—	1
20	—	—

🏏 Batting

Age	Matthew Bates		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 Bates
7	—	—	327 (50)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Matthew Bates
8	—	—	838 (116)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Matthew Bates
9	—	—	647 (66)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Matthew Bates
10	—	—	685 (83)	State age championships	Sam was active at State age championships; no record for Matthew Bates
11	72 (56)	Representative cricket	1,171 (100)	State age championships	1,099 runs behind Sam's pace
12	87 (39)	Representative cricket	962 (89)	Representative cricket	875 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 Matthew Bates
14	—	—	1,822 (206)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	Sam was active at AW Green Shield (U16 district rep); no record for Matthew Bates
15	138 (52)	Representative cricket	2,075 (202)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	1,937 runs behind Sam's pace
16	89 (28)	Premier Cricket — 1st Grade	1,715 (117)	State 2nd XI	1,626 runs behind Sam's pace
17	202 (63)	Premier Cricket — lower grade	1,019 (150)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	817 runs behind Sam's pace
18	145 (30)	Premier Cricket — 1st Grade	1,115 (152)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	970 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 Bates
20	—	—	371 (151)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Matthew Bates

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