Temba Bavuma

Temba Bavuma (born 17 May 1990)[1] is a South African cricketer who is currently the vice-captain of the South African national team in Tests. He was 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 primarily 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.

Temba Bavuma
Personal information
Full nameTemba Bavuma
Born (1990-05-17) 17 May 1990
Langa, Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa[1]
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleMiddle-Order Batsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 320)26 December 2014 v West Indies
Last Test24 January 2020 v England
ODI debut (cap 117)25 September 2016 v Ireland
Last ODI29 February 2020 v Australia
T20I debut (cap 83)18 September 2019 v India
Last T20I16 February 2020 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2008/09–presentLions
2017/18Cape Cobras
2018Durban Heat (squad no. 11)
2019Northamptonshire (squad no. 9)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 36 7 132 85
Runs scored 1,716 335 7,014 2,014
Batting average 33.00 55.83 36.91 31.46
100s/50s 1/13 1/1 12/39 3/8
Top score 102* 113 162 113
Balls bowled 96 – 476 3
Wickets 1 – 7 0
Bowling average 61.00 – 44.42 –
5 wickets in innings 0 – 0 –
10 wickets in match 0 – 0 –
Best bowling 1/29 – 2/34 –
Catches/stumpings 16/– 1/– 69/– 19/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 29 February 2020

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 did not make a significant contribution 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] In October 2018, he was named in Durban Heat's squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament.[16][17] In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Jozi Stars team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.[18]

International career

Bavuma made his Test match debut for South Africa against the West Indies on 26 December 2014.[19]

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.[20]

He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for South Africa against Ireland on 25 September 2016 and scored his maiden ODI century.[21][22]

Bavuma took his first Test wicket against Australia on 7 November 2016.[23]

In May 2017, he won the Award of Excellence at Cricket South Africa's annual awards.[24]

In August 2019, he was named in South Africa's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against India.[25] He made his T20I debut for South Africa, against India, on 18 September 2019.[26]

References
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  21. "Ireland tour of South Africa, Only ODI: South Africa v Ireland at Benoni, Sep 25, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
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