Temba Bavuma

Temba Bavuma

Personal information
Full name	Temba Bavuma
Born	17 May 1990 Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	South Africa (2014–present)
Test debut (cap 320)	26 December 2014 v West Indies
Last Test	27 November 2016 v Australia
Only ODI (cap 117)	25 September 2016 v Ireland
ODI shirt no.	11
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2008–2015	Gauteng
2009–present	Lions
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 12 1 96 70 Runs scored 536 113 5,180 1,503 Batting average 38.28 113.00 38.94 28.35 100s/50s 1/3 1/0 12/24 2/5 Top score 102* 113 162 113 Balls bowled 42 – 242 3 Wickets 1 – 5 0 Bowling average 29.00 – 33.20 – 5 wickets in innings 0 – 0 – 10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a Best bowling 1/29 – 2/34 – Catches/stumpings 5/– 1/– 48/– 16/–
Source: CricketArchive, 9 November 2016

Temba Bavuma (born 17 May 1990 in Cape Town, Cape Province) is a South African cricketer who plays for Gauteng in domestic level and for South Africa in Test level. He is the first black African cricketer to make a Test century for South Africa. Bavuma was educated at South African College Junior School^[1] in Newlands, and St David's Marist Inanda High School in Sandton.

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. ^[2][3] 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.^[4] In 2012/13, he was the 5th highest scorer in the now renamed Sunfoil Series, but at a poorer average of 31.58.^[5] 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. ^[6] 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.^[7] He also played a match against Ireland in the A side's tour of the country in August of that year.^[8] 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.^[9][10][11] 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.^[12]

International career

Bavuma made his Test match debut for South Africa against the West Indies on 26 December 2014.^[13]

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.^[14]

He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for South Africa against Ireland on 25 September 2016 and scored his maiden ODI century.^[15]

Bavuma took his first Test wicket against Australia on 7 November 2016.^[16]

International centuries

Test centuries

Temba Bavuma's Test centuries
#	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year	Result
1	102*	7	England	Cape Town, South Africa	Newlands Cricket Ground	2016	Draw

ODI centuries

Temba Bavuma's ODI centuries
#	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year	Result
1	113	1	Ireland	Benoni, South Africa	Willowmoore Park	2016	Won

International awards

One Day Internationals

Man of the Match awards

S No	Opponent	Venue	Date	Match Performance	Result
1	Ireland	Willowmoore Park, Benoni	25 September 2016	113 (123 balls, 13x4, 1x6); 1 ct.	South Africa won by 206 runs .[17]

References

1. "Bavuma inspires school assembly". Sport. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
2. "Knights v Lions at Bloemfontein, Jan 20-23, 2011 - Cricket Scorecard - ESPN Cricinfo". espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
3. "Cricket Records - Records - SuperSport Series, 2010/11 - Lions - Batting and bowling averages - ESPN Cricinfo". espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
4. "Cricket Records - Records - SuperSport Series, 2011/12 - Most runs - ESPN Cricinfo". espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
5. "Cricket Records - Records - Sunfoil Series, 2012/13 - Most runs - ESPN Cricinfo". espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
6. "Cricket Records - Records - Sunfoil Series, 2013/14 - Most runs - ESPN Cricinfo". espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
7. "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
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10. "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
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12. Gauteng Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
13. "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.
14. Hopps, David (5 January 2016). "Historic Bavuma ton helps SA achieve parity". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
15. "Ireland tour of South Africa, Only ODI: South Africa v Ireland at Benoni, Sep 25, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
16. "Australia v South Africa at Perth". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
17. "Ireland tour of South Africa, Only ODI: South Africa v Ireland at Benoni, Sep 25, 2016".

External links

• Player profile: Temba Bavuma from ESPNcricinfo
• Player profile: Temba Bavuma from CricketArchive