Valentino Balbi vs 🏏 Sam Konstas

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

Valentino Balbi career · imported matches

BAT 43

1,374 runs
18.19 avg · 80.26 SR
96 inns

BOWL ~44

40 wkts
4.24 econ · 23.33 avg

FIELD 48

49 ct · 1 st
19 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: Valentino Balbi made 97 runs (HS 42); Sam made 1,822 (HS 206) at AW Green Shield (U16 district rep) level .

🧤 Fielding

Age	Valentino Balbi	Sam Konstas	Callout
6	—	1 ct · 2 ro
7	—	6 ct · 1 ro
8	—	9 ct · 4 ro
9	—	13 ct · 3 ro
10	4 ct · 3 ro	11 ct · 10 ro	14 dismissals behind Sam's pace
11	15 ct · 9 ro	13 ct · 4 ro	+7 dismissals vs Sam at this age
12	18 ct · 4 ro	20 ct · 2 ro	+0 dismissals vs Sam at this age
13	10 ct · 3 ro	13 ct · 6 ro	6 dismissals behind Sam's pace
14	3 ct · 0 ro	23 ct · 2 ro	22 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	Valentino Balbi — Wkts	Sam Konstas — Wkts	Callout
6	—	7
7	—	22
8	—	27
9	—	20
10	6	20	14 wkts behind Sam's pace
11	11	27	16 wkts behind Sam's pace
12	5	37	32 wkts behind Sam's pace
13	12	35	23 wkts behind Sam's pace
14	6	29	23 wkts behind Sam's pace
15	—	1
16	—	2
17	—	—
18	—	—
19	—	1
20	—	—

🏏 Batting

Age	Valentino Balbi		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 Valentino Balbi
7	—	—	327 (50)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Valentino Balbi
8	—	—	838 (116)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Valentino Balbi
9	—	—	647 (66)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Valentino Balbi
10	178 (33)	Representative cricket	685 (83)	State age championships	507 runs behind Sam's pace
11	318 (42)	Representative cricket	1,171 (100)	State age championships	853 runs behind Sam's pace
12	348 (44)	Representative cricket	962 (89)	Representative cricket	614 runs behind Sam's pace
13	433 (39)	U14 district rep (Moore Shield)	1,806 (159)	U15 district rep (Weblin Shield)	1,373 runs behind Sam's pace
14	97 (42)	U15 district rep (Weblin Shield)	1,822 (206)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	1,725 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 Valentino Balbi
16	—	—	1,715 (117)	State 2nd XI	Sam was active at State 2nd XI; no record for Valentino Balbi
17	—	—	1,019 (150)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Valentino Balbi
18	—	—	1,115 (152)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Valentino Balbi
19	—	—	1,066 (116)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Valentino Balbi
20	—	—	371 (151)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Valentino Balbi

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