Matthew Direen 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 Direen career · imported matches

BAT Working on Basics

777 runs
11.9 avg · 47.47 SR
80 inns

BOWL 51

77 wkts
4.43 econ · 22.19 avg

FIELD 30

37 ct · 0 st
6 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 Direen made 0 runs (HS 0); Sam made 1,115 (HS 152) at First-class / Sheffield Shield level .

🧤 Fielding

Age	Matthew Direen	Sam Konstas	Callout
6	—	1 ct · 2 ro
7	—	6 ct · 1 ro
8	—	9 ct · 4 ro
9	—	13 ct · 3 ro
10	0 ct · 0 ro	11 ct · 10 ro	21 dismissals behind Sam's pace
11	0 ct · 0 ro	13 ct · 4 ro	17 dismissals behind Sam's pace
12	6 ct · 1 ro	20 ct · 2 ro	15 dismissals behind Sam's pace
13	6 ct · 0 ro	13 ct · 6 ro	13 dismissals behind Sam's pace
14	8 ct · 2 ro	23 ct · 2 ro	15 dismissals behind Sam's pace
15	6 ct · 3 ro	19 ct · 4 ro	14 dismissals behind Sam's pace
16	10 ct · 0 ro	21 ct · 2 ro	13 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	Matthew Direen — Wkts	Sam Konstas — Wkts	Callout
6	—	7
7	—	22
8	—	27
9	—	20
10	—	20	20 wkts behind Sam's pace
11	1	27	26 wkts behind Sam's pace
12	2	37	35 wkts behind Sam's pace
13	7	35	28 wkts behind Sam's pace
14	22	29	7 wkts behind Sam's pace
15	34	1	+33 wkts vs Sam at this age
16	11	2	+9 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	Matthew Direen		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 Direen
7	—	—	327 (50)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Matthew Direen
8	—	—	838 (116)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Matthew Direen
9	—	—	647 (66)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Matthew Direen
10	0 (0)	Premier Cricket — lower grade	685 (83)	State age championships	685 runs behind Sam's pace
11	6 (6)	Representative cricket	1,171 (100)	State age championships	1,165 runs behind Sam's pace
12	106 (20)	Representative cricket	962 (89)	Representative cricket	856 runs behind Sam's pace
13	308 (74)	Premier Cricket — lower grade	1,806 (159)	U15 district rep (Weblin Shield)	1,498 runs behind Sam's pace
14	83 (28)	State age championships	1,822 (206)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	1,739 runs behind Sam's pace
15	64 (14)	Premier Cricket — lower grade	2,075 (202)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	2,011 runs behind Sam's pace
16	200 (26)	State age championships	1,715 (117)	State 2nd XI	1,515 runs behind Sam's pace
17	10 (10)	Premier Cricket — lower grade	1,019 (150)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	1,009 runs behind Sam's pace
18	0 (0)	Premier Cricket — lower 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 Matthew Direen
20	—	—	371 (151)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Matthew Direen

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