Temba Bavuma Cricket South Africa

Temba Bavuma

South AfricaRight Handed Bat

Personal Information

Full Name Temba Bavuma
Date of Birth May 17, 1990
Age 32 Years
Nationality South Africa
Birth Place Langa, Cape Town, South Africa
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.62 m)
Current Team(s)
Role Middle-order Batsman, Right-handed Batsman, Right-arm Medium Bowler
Batting Style Right hand Bat
Bowling Style Right arm Medium
Debut December 26, 2014
Jersey No. 11
Family Phumza Bavuma (Mother), Vuyo Bavuma (Father)

Most Recent Matches

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Match R BF 4s 6s S/R O R W E/R
SA vs NED 6 12 1 0 50.00 0 0 0 0
NED vs SA 90 79 8 1 113.92 0 0 0 0
WI vs SA 144 118 11 7 122.03 0 0 0 0
SA vs WI 28 & 172 64 & 280 3 & 20 0 & 0 43.75 & 61.43 0 0 0 0
SA vs WI 0 & 0 2 & 1 0 & 0 0 & 0 0.00 & 0.00 0 0 0 0

Batting Stats

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Game Type Mat Inn R BF NO Avg S/R 100s 50s H 4s 6s Ct St
ODIs 23 22 910 1046 2 45.50 86.99 3 2 113 84 8 21 0
TESTs 56 97 2997 6206 12 35.25 48.29 2 20 172 362 7 28 0
T20Is 33 32 635 547 4 22.67 116.08 0 1 72 56 15 13 0
T20s 112 102 2414 1955 16 28.06 123.47 1 9 104 203 58 48 0
LISTAs 116 102 3154 3705 12 35.04 85.12 6 11 144 258 37 41 0
FIRSTCLASS 165 279 9048 17509 34 36.93 51.67 15 48 180 1134 40 92 0

Bowling Stats

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Game Type Mat Inn O R W Avg E/R Best 5w 10w
ODIs 23 1 6.1 22 0 0 3.56 0 0 0
TESTs 56 5 16 61 1 61.00 3.81 1/29 0 0
T20Is 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
T20s 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LISTAs 116 2 6.4 26 0 0 3.90 0 0 0
FIRSTCLASS 165 23 83.2 325 7 46.42 3.90 2/34 0 0

Temba Bavuma News

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Temba Bavuma: A Brief Biography

Temba Bavuma Biography


Temba Bavuma is a South African cricketer who plays for the Cape Cobras at domestic level. He was born on 17th of May, 1990, in Cape Town. Bavuma became the first black African to score a Test century for his country. His batting aside, he bowls useful part-time medium-pace, apart from being electric on the field, best exemplified during the Proteas tour to Australia in 2016.


Background


Bavuma began his career in 2008 in Gauteng against Eastern Province. He made his franchise debut for the Highveld Lions, based in Johannesburg, in the 2010/11 season. Consistent performances over the course of a few seasons, and vacancies caused by the retirements of Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis, and persistent injuries to AB de Villiers ensured he got a much-deserved Test call-up.


Debut


Bavuma made his Test debut for South Africa, West Indies on Boxing Day in 2014. In the New Year’s Test at Cape Town in 2016, he became the first black cricketer to make a Test century for the country. This was an unbeaten score of 102 in the 2nd Test of the series against England.


He made his ODI debut for South Africa against Ireland on 25 September 2016 and scored his maiden ODI century.

Rise to Glory


It was his performances at the Supersport season matches that helped him to rise as a prominent star in cricket. In 2011-12, during his second season at Supersport seasons, he made 637 runs at an average of 53.08 which placed him in 11th in the top run scorers. In 2012/13, he was the 5th highest scorer in the now renamed Sunfoil Series, but at a poorer average of 31.58. In 2013/14, he again scored heavily making 714 runs at an average of 39.66, seeing him place 6th on the Sunfoil Series scorers list.


Low Points


Inconsistency in the 2017 tour of England meant that Bavuma had to give up his spot in the middle order to the returning AB de Villiers, and he hasn’t been able to wrest that spot back again, especially with South Africa deciding to play only five specialist batsmen along with a wicketkeeper and two all-rounders.


Club Career


In Domestic level, he presently plays for Cape Cobras, based in Cape Town, after having started with the Lions, in Johannesburg.

Last Modified May 11, 2023 20:52 IST