Temba Bavuma

Temba Bavuma
Personal information
Full name Temba Bavuma
Born (1990-05-17) 17 May 1990
Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Role Batsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 320) 26 December 2014 v West Indies
Last Test 22 January 2016 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2008–present Gauteng
2011–present Lions
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20
Matches 9 86 67 28
Runs scored 383 4,726 1,387 515
Batting average 38.30 39.05 26.67 32.18
100s/50s 1/1 12/20 1/5 0/2
Top score 102* 162 108* 70
Balls bowled – 158 3 –
Wickets – 3 0 –
Bowling average – 39.33 – –
5 wickets in innings – 0 – –
10 wickets in match – 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling – 2/34 – –
Catches/stumpings 4/– 45/– 15/– 12/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 14 February 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]

International centuries

Test centuries

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

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