Benjamin Smith vs 🏏 Sam Konstas

Year-by-year, aligned by age (as at the 1 September cutoff) — see where Benjamin 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.

Benjamin Smith career · imported matches

BAT Working on Basics

3,431 runs
19.4 avg · 61.27 SR
228 inns

BOWL 42

186 wkts
3.17 econ · 17.75 avg

FIELD 26

60 ct · 1 st
21 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 17: Benjamin Smith made 36 runs (HS 22); Sam made 1,019 (HS 150) at First-class / Sheffield Shield level .

🧤 Fielding

Age	Benjamin Smith	Sam Konstas	Callout
6	—	1 ct · 2 ro
7	—	6 ct · 1 ro
8	2 ct · 0 ro	9 ct · 4 ro	11 dismissals behind Sam's pace
9	13 ct · 0 ro	13 ct · 3 ro	3 dismissals behind Sam's pace
10	6 ct · 2 ro	11 ct · 10 ro	13 dismissals behind Sam's pace
11	5 ct · 1 ro	13 ct · 4 ro	11 dismissals behind Sam's pace
12	9 ct · 6 ro	20 ct · 2 ro	7 dismissals behind Sam's pace
13	13 ct · 9 ro	13 ct · 6 ro	+3 dismissals vs Sam at this age
14	4 ct · 0 ro	23 ct · 2 ro	21 dismissals behind Sam's pace
15	3 ct · 3 ro	19 ct · 4 ro	17 dismissals behind Sam's pace
16	3 ct · 0 ro	21 ct · 2 ro	20 dismissals behind Sam's pace
17	3 ct · 0 ro	13 ct · 0 ro	10 dismissals behind Sam's pace
18	—	15 ct · 0 ro
19	—	21 ct · 2 ro
20	—	2 ct · 0 ro

🎯 Bowling

Age	Benjamin Smith — Wkts	Sam Konstas — Wkts	Callout
6	—	7
7	—	22
8	5	27	22 wkts behind Sam's pace
9	21	20	+1 wkts vs Sam at this age
10	31	20	+11 wkts vs Sam at this age
11	17	27	10 wkts behind Sam's pace
12	22	37	15 wkts behind Sam's pace
13	36	35	+1 wkts vs Sam at this age
14	21	29	8 wkts behind Sam's pace
15	10	1	+9 wkts vs Sam at this age
16	20	2	+18 wkts vs Sam at this age
17	3	—	+3 wkts vs Sam at this age
18	—	—
19	—	1
20	—	—

🏏 Batting

Age	Benjamin Smith		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 Benjamin Smith
7	—	—	327 (50)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Benjamin Smith
8	46 (14)	Representative cricket	838 (116)	Representative cricket	792 runs behind Sam's pace
9	383 (22)	Representative cricket	647 (66)	Representative cricket	264 runs behind Sam's pace
10	588 (54)	Representative cricket	685 (83)	State age championships	97 runs behind Sam's pace
11	302 (38)	Representative cricket	1,171 (100)	State age championships	869 runs behind Sam's pace
12	256 (29)	Representative cricket	962 (89)	Representative cricket	706 runs behind Sam's pace
13	822 (74)	U14 district rep (Moore Shield)	1,806 (159)	U15 district rep (Weblin Shield)	984 runs behind Sam's pace
14	556 (65)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	1,822 (206)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	1,266 runs behind Sam's pace
15	309 (63)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	2,075 (202)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	1,766 runs behind Sam's pace
16	133 (48)	Premier Cricket — lower grade	1,715 (117)	State 2nd XI	1,582 runs behind Sam's pace
17	36 (22)	Premier Cricket — lower grade	1,019 (150)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	983 runs behind Sam's pace
18	—	—	1,115 (152)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Benjamin Smith
19	—	—	1,066 (116)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Benjamin Smith
20	—	—	371 (151)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Benjamin Smith

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