Nicholas Van der Westhuizen vs 🏏 Sam Konstas

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

Nicholas Van der Westhuizen career · imported matches

BAT Working on Basics

1,169 runs
16.3 avg · 61.56 SR
92 inns

BOWL 53

133 wkts
3.32 econ · 19.77 avg

FIELD 29

33 ct · 0 st
5 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 20: Nicholas Van der Westhuizen made 129 runs (HS 34); Sam made 371 (HS 151) at First-class / Sheffield Shield level .

🧤 Fielding

Age	Nicholas Van der Westhuizen	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	0 ct · 0 ro	20 ct · 2 ro	22 dismissals behind Sam's pace
13	4 ct · 0 ro	13 ct · 6 ro	15 dismissals behind Sam's pace
14	11 ct · 3 ro	23 ct · 2 ro	11 dismissals behind Sam's pace
15	2 ct · 0 ro	19 ct · 4 ro	21 dismissals behind Sam's pace
16	4 ct · 0 ro	21 ct · 2 ro	19 dismissals behind Sam's pace
17	2 ct · 0 ro	13 ct · 0 ro	11 dismissals behind Sam's pace
18	3 ct · 1 ro	15 ct · 0 ro	11 dismissals behind Sam's pace
19	2 ct · 1 ro	21 ct · 2 ro	20 dismissals behind Sam's pace
20	3 ct · 0 ro	2 ct · 0 ro	+1 dismissals vs Sam at this age

🎯 Bowling

Age	Nicholas Van der Westhuizen — Wkts	Sam Konstas — Wkts	Callout
6	—	7
7	—	22
8	—	27
9	—	20
10	—	20
11	5	27	22 wkts behind Sam's pace
12	7	37	30 wkts behind Sam's pace
13	6	35	29 wkts behind Sam's pace
14	22	29	7 wkts behind Sam's pace
15	11	1	+10 wkts vs Sam at this age
16	14	2	+12 wkts vs Sam at this age
17	8	—	+8 wkts vs Sam at this age
18	26	—	+26 wkts vs Sam at this age
19	23	1	+22 wkts vs Sam at this age
20	11	—	+11 wkts vs Sam at this age

🏏 Batting

Age	Nicholas Van der Westhuizen		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 Nicholas Van der Westhuizen
7	—	—	327 (50)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Nicholas Van der Westhuizen
8	—	—	838 (116)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Nicholas Van der Westhuizen
9	—	—	647 (66)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Nicholas Van der Westhuizen
10	—	—	685 (83)	State age championships	Sam was active at State age championships; no record for Nicholas Van der Westhuizen
11	2 (2)	Representative cricket	1,171 (100)	State age championships	1,169 runs behind Sam's pace
12	105 (42)	Representative cricket	962 (89)	Representative cricket	857 runs behind Sam's pace
13	74 (24)	State age championships	1,806 (159)	U15 district rep (Weblin Shield)	1,732 runs behind Sam's pace
14	411 (84)	State age championships	1,822 (206)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	1,411 runs behind Sam's pace
15	21 (16)	Premier Cricket — lower grade	2,075 (202)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	2,054 runs behind Sam's pace
16	85 (22)	State age championships	1,715 (117)	State 2nd XI	1,630 runs behind Sam's pace
17	44 (17)	Premier Cricket — 1st Grade	1,019 (150)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	975 runs behind Sam's pace
18	110 (29)	Premier Cricket — lower grade	1,115 (152)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	1,005 runs behind Sam's pace
19	188 (39)	Premier Cricket — lower grade	1,066 (116)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	878 runs behind Sam's pace
20	129 (34)	Premier Cricket — lower grade	371 (151)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	242 runs behind Sam's pace

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