Full name Temba Bavuma
Born May 17, 1990, Cape Town, Cape Province
Current age 27 years 343 days
Major teams South Africa, Gauteng, Gauteng Under-19s, Lions, South Africa A, South Africa Under-19s
Playing role Middle-order batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests 
|
29 | 46 | 6 | 1395 | 102* | 34.87 | 2993 | 46.60 | 1 | 10 | 176 | 3 | 14 | 0 |
|
ODIs
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 161 | 113 | 80.50 | 170 | 94.70 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| First-class | 119 | 196 | 28 | 6346 | 162 | 37.77 | 12544 | 50.58 | 12 | 34 | 787 | 30 | 58 | 0 |
| List A | 79 | 67 | 7 | 1802 | 113 | 30.03 | 2223 | 81.06 | 2 | 7 | 137 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
|
T20s
|
42 | 36 | 6 | 788 | 70 | 26.26 | 663 | 118.85 | 0 | 3 | 73 | 11 | 17 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Tests
|
29 | 5 | 96 | 61 | 1 | 1/29 | 1/29 | 61.00 | 3.81 | 96.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
ODIs
|
2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| First-class | 119 | 21 | 476 | 311 | 7 | 2/34 | 2/34 | 44.42 | 3.92 | 68.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| List A | 79 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | - | - | - | 8.00 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
T20s
|
42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Test debut | South Africa v West Indies at Port Elizabeth, Dec 26-30, 2014 scorecard |
| Last Test | South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2018 scorecard |
| Test statistics | |
| ODI debut | South Africa v Ireland at Benoni, Sep 25, 2016 scorecard |
| Last ODI | South Africa v Bangladesh at East London, Oct 22, 2017 scorecard |
| ODI statistics | |
| First-class debut | Eastern Province v Gauteng at Port Elizabeth, Oct 2-4, 2008 scorecard |
| Last First-class | South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2018 scorecard |
| List A debut | Eastern Province v Gauteng at Port Elizabeth, Oct 5, 2008 scorecard |
| Last List A | Cape Cobras v Knights at Cape Town, Jan 17, 2018 scorecard |
| T20s debut | Griqualand West v Gauteng at Kimberley, Oct 2, 2011 scorecard |
| Last T20s | Warriors v Cape Cobras at East London, Dec 10, 2017 scorecard |
| Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95*, 35* | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 30 Mar 2018 |
Test # 2302
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| 1, 0/10, 5 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 22 Mar 2018 |
Test # 2300
|
| 65 | Cape Cobras | v Knights | Cape Town | 17 Jan 2018 | LA |
| 44 | South Africa | v Zimbabwe | Port Elizabeth | 26 Dec 2017 |
Test # 2290
|
| 70 | CSA Inv XI | v Zimbabweans | Paarl | 20 Dec 2017 | Other |
| 6 | Cape Cobras | v Warriors | East London | 10 Dec 2017 | T20 |
| 29 | Cape Cobras | v Titans | Cape Town | 8 Dec 2017 | T20 |
| 46 | Cape Cobras | v Knights | Kimberley | 6 Dec 2017 | T20 |
| 3 | Cape Cobras | v Dolphins | Durban | 1 Dec 2017 | T20 |
| 42 | Cape Cobras | v Warriors | Paarl | 29 Nov 2017 | T20 |
From the same street in Langa, a township outside Cape Town, where Thami Tsolekile and Malusi Siboto were raised, came Temba Bavuma. Unlike the wicketkeeper-batsman and medium-pacer, Bavuma is a specialist batsman and the first black African batsman picked in South Africa's Test squad.
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Mar 31, 2018
Temba Bavuma acknowledges the crowd after getting to fifty
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Mar 31, 2018
Temba Bavuma gets away from a bouncer
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Mar 30, 2018
Temba Bavuma calls loudly as he scampers a run
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