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Ben Friend 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 Friend career · imported matches
BAT Working on Basics
771 runs
15.21 avg · 72.22 SR
60 inns
BOWL ~44
28 wkts
4.97 econ · 22.32 avg
FIELD 10
12 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: Ben Friend made 0 runs (HS 0); Sam made 1,115 (HS 152) at First-class / Sheffield Shield level .

🧤 Fielding

Age Ben Friend 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 1 ct · 1 ro 13 ct · 4 ro 15 dismissals behind Sam's pace
12 0 ct · 0 ro 20 ct · 2 ro 22 dismissals behind Sam's pace
13 1 ct · 0 ro 13 ct · 6 ro 18 dismissals behind Sam's pace
14 1 ct · 0 ro 23 ct · 2 ro 24 dismissals behind Sam's pace
15 5 ct · 0 ro 19 ct · 4 ro 18 dismissals behind Sam's pace
16 3 ct · 0 ro 21 ct · 2 ro 20 dismissals behind Sam's pace
17 1 ct · 0 ro 13 ct · 0 ro 12 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 Ben Friend — Wkts Sam Konstas — Wkts Callout
6 — 7
7 — 22
8 — 27
9 — 20
10 — 20
11 4 27 23 wkts behind Sam's pace
12 2 37 35 wkts behind Sam's pace
13 — 35 35 wkts behind Sam's pace
14 6 29 23 wkts behind Sam's pace
15 13 1 +12 wkts vs Sam at this age
16 3 2 +1 wkts vs Sam at this age
17 — — +0 wkts vs Sam at this age
18 — — +0 wkts vs Sam at this age
19 — 1
20 — —

🏏 Batting

Age Ben Friend 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 Friend
7 — — 327 (50) Representative cricket Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Ben Friend
8 — — 838 (116) Representative cricket Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Ben Friend
9 — — 647 (66) Representative cricket Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Ben Friend
10 — — 685 (83) State age championships Sam was active at State age championships; no record for Ben Friend
11 142 (40) Representative cricket 1,171 (100) State age championships 1,029 runs behind Sam's pace
12 101 (39) Representative cricket 962 (89) Representative cricket 861 runs behind Sam's pace
13 4 (4) Representative cricket 1,806 (159) U15 district rep (Weblin Shield) 1,802 runs behind Sam's pace
14 123 (24) Representative cricket 1,822 (206) AW Green Shield (U16 district rep) 1,699 runs behind Sam's pace
15 245 (98) Representative cricket 2,075 (202) AW Green Shield (U16 district rep) 1,830 runs behind Sam's pace
16 135 (50) Premier Cricket — lower grade 1,715 (117) State 2nd XI 1,580 runs behind Sam's pace
17 21 (13) Premier Cricket — 1st Grade 1,019 (150) First-class / Sheffield Shield 998 runs behind Sam's pace
18 0 (0) Premier Cricket — 1st Grade 1,115 (152) First-class / Sheffield Shield 1,115 runs behind Sam's pace
19 — — 1,066 (116) First-class / Sheffield Shield Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Ben Friend
20 — — 371 (151) First-class / Sheffield Shield Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Ben Friend
See Sam Konstas's full pathway →