Temba Bavuma

Temba Bavuma
Personal information
Full name Temba Bavuma
Born (1990-05-17) 17 May 1990
Langa, Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa[1]
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm medium
Role Middle-order Batsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 320) 26 December 2014 v West Indies
Last Test 20 July 2018 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 117) 25 September 2016 v Ireland
Last ODI 22 October 2017 v Bangladesh
ODI shirt no. 11
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2008–2015 Gauteng
2009–2017 Lions
2017–present Cape Cobras
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 24 1 106 72
Runs scored 1,106 113 5,584 1,607
Batting average 31.60 113.00 37.47 29.21
100s/50s 1/8 1/0 12/28 2/6
Top score 102* 113 162 113
Balls bowled 90 – 416 3
Wickets 1 – 7 0
Bowling average 51.00 – 37.71 –
5 wickets in innings 0 – 0 –
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 1/29 – 2/34 –
Catches/stumpings 10/– 1/– 51/– 16/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 20 July 2018

Temba Bavuma (born 17 May 1990 in Langa, Cape Town, Cape Province)[1] is a South African cricketer who plays for Cape Cobras at domestic level and for South Africa at Test level. He is the first black African cricketer to make a Test century for South Africa. Brought up in the intense cricket culture of Langa - Bavuma, Thami Tsolekile and Malusi Siboto are all from the same street[1] - Bavuma was educated at South African College Junior School[2] in Newlands, and St David's Marist Inanda High School in Sandton. He is chiefly a test player and regarded as a gritty, classical mid-order batsman and excellent fielder, as well as a useful part-time medium-pace bowler.

Domestic career

Bavuma made his debut in 2008 in Gauteng against Eastern Province. Batting in the middle order, he made four runs in the first innings in which he batted, briefly partnering teammate Dane Vilas to his first-class best score.

Bavuma made his franchise debut for the Lions in the 2010/11 season. In the Supersport Series, he made 242 runs in 4 matches at an average of 60.50 in this first season, including a 124* against the Knights, which earned him a man of the match.[3][4] In his second Supersport season in 2011/12, he made 637 runs at an average of 53.08. This was enough for him to place 11th in the top run scorers.[5] In 2012/13, he was the 5th highest scorer in the now renamed Sunfoil Series, but at a poorer average of 31.58.[6] 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.[7] For his franchise, he has an unusually high conversion rate of 50s to 100s, scoring six 100s and five 50s in Supersport & Sunfoil series cricket.

These performances have earned him five matches so far for the South Africa A cricket team. The first was in July 2012 against Sri Lanka A in Durban.[8] He also played a match against Ireland in the A side's tour of the country in August of that year.[9] He didn't make contributions in either of those two matches. His next appearances for the A side were in the series of matches played in South Africa between South Africa A and the Indian and Australian A sides. He faced Australia once, and India twice.[10][11][12] His best performance was a 65 in the second match of an innings defeat against the Indians. He was included in the Gauteng squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup.[13]

In May 2017, Bavuma announced that he was switching franchises to join Cape Cobras ahead of the 2017–18 season.[14] In September 2018, he was named in Gauteng's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup.[15]

International career

Bavuma made his Test match debut for South Africa against the West Indies on 26 December 2014.[16]

On 5 January 2016, Bavuma became the first black cricketer to make a Test century for South Africa. This was an unbeaten 102 at Cape Town in the 2nd Test of the 2015/16 series against England.[17]

He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for South Africa against Ireland on 25 September 2016 and scored his maiden ODI century.[18][19]

Bavuma took his first Test wicket against Australia on 7 November 2016.[20]

In May 2017, he won the Award of Excellence at Cricket South Africa's annual awards.[21]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Muller, Antoinette (January 6, 2016). "Temba Bavuma: A lad from Langa who shattered cricket's glass ceiling". Daily Maverick. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Bavuma inspires school assembly". Sport24. January 14, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Knights v Lions at Bloemfontein, Jan 20-23, 2011 - Cricket Scorecard - ESPN Cricinfo". espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Cricket Records - Records - SuperSport Series, 2010/11 - Lions - Batting and bowling averages - ESPN Cricinfo". espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "Cricket Records - Records - SuperSport Series, 2011/12 - Most runs - ESPN Cricinfo". espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "Cricket Records - Records - Sunfoil Series, 2012/13 - Most runs - ESPN Cricinfo". espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  7. ↑ "Cricket Records - Records - Sunfoil Series, 2013/14 - Most runs - ESPN Cricinfo". espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  8. ↑ "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  9. ↑ "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  10. ↑ "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  11. ↑ "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  12. ↑ "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  13. ↑ Gauteng Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  14. ↑ "Cobras sign up Bavuma for 2017-18 season". ESPNcricinfo. 2 May 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  15. ↑ "Gauteng Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  16. ↑ "West Indies tour of South Africa, 2nd Test: South Africa v West Indies at Port Elizabeth, Dec 26-30, 2014". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  17. ↑ Hopps, David (5 January 2016). "Historic Bavuma ton helps SA achieve parity". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  18. ↑ "Ireland tour of South Africa, Only ODI: South Africa v Ireland at Benoni, Sep 25, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  19. ↑ "Bavuma ton sets up crushing 206-run win". ESPNcricinfo. 25 September 2016. Archived from the original on 26 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  20. ↑ "Australia v South Africa at Perth". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  21. ↑ "De Kock dominates South Africa's awards". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
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