Ben Simpson 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 Simpson career · imported matches

BAT Working on Basics

296 runs
18.04 avg · 79.7 SR
19 inns

BOWL 60

18 wkts
3.43 econ · 17.17 avg

FIELD 27

7 ct · 0 st
0 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 14: Ben Simpson made 27 runs (HS 26); Sam made 1,822 (HS 206) at AW Green Shield (U16 district rep) level .

🧤 Fielding

Age	Ben Simpson	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	3 ct · 0 ro	20 ct · 2 ro	19 dismissals behind Sam's pace
13	2 ct · 0 ro	13 ct · 6 ro	17 dismissals behind Sam's pace
14	0 ct · 0 ro	23 ct · 2 ro	25 dismissals behind Sam's pace
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 Simpson — 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	9	37	28 wkts behind Sam's pace
13	3	35	32 wkts behind Sam's pace
14	2	29	27 wkts behind Sam's pace
15	—	1
16	—	2
17	—	—
18	—	—
19	—	1
20	—	—

🏏 Batting

Age	Ben Simpson		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 Simpson
7	—	—	327 (50)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Ben Simpson
8	—	—	838 (116)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Ben Simpson
9	—	—	647 (66)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Ben Simpson
10	—	—	685 (83)	State age championships	Sam was active at State age championships; no record for Ben Simpson
11	47 (32)	Representative cricket	1,171 (100)	State age championships	1,124 runs behind Sam's pace
12	136 (56)	Representative cricket	962 (89)	Representative cricket	826 runs behind Sam's pace
13	86 (34)	Representative cricket	1,806 (159)	U15 district rep (Weblin Shield)	1,720 runs behind Sam's pace
14	27 (26)	B3 North	1,822 (206)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	1,795 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 Ben Simpson
16	—	—	1,715 (117)	State 2nd XI	Sam was active at State 2nd XI; no record for Ben Simpson
17	—	—	1,019 (150)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Ben Simpson
18	—	—	1,115 (152)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Ben Simpson
19	—	—	1,066 (116)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Ben Simpson
20	—	—	371 (151)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Ben Simpson

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