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| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Temba Bavuma | |||
| Born | 17 May 1990 Langa, Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa | |||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | |||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | |||
| Role | Middle-order Batsman | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | South Africa | |||
| Test debut (cap 320) | 26 December 2014 v West Indies | |||
| Last Test | 30 March 2018 v Australia | |||
| ODI debut (cap 117) | 25 September 2016 v Ireland | |||
| Last ODI | 22 October 2017 v Bangladesh | |||
| ODI shirt no. | 11 | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 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: CricInfo, 26 December 2017 | ||||
Temba Bavuma (born 17 May 1990 in Langa, Cape Town, Cape Province) 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 - Bavuma was educated at South African College Junior School 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.
International career[]
Bavuma made his Test match debut for South Africa against the West Indies on 26 December 2014.
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.
He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for South Africa against Ireland on 25 September 2016 and scored his maiden ODI century.
Bavuma took his first Test wicket against Australia on 7 November 2016.
In May 2017, he won the Award of Excellence at Cricket South Africa's annual awards.