Temba Bavuma, a South African cricketer who competes internationally, was born on May 17, 1990. He now serves as Test and ODI cricket team captain and formerly captained the T20I team. He bats with his right hand and was the first black cricketer from Africa to score a century in a Test match for South Africa and to lead the team. Bavuma scored 113 runs against Ireland in September 2016, becoming one of only three South African cricketers to do so on their ODI debut.
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Biography of Temba Bavuma:
Early life of Temba Bavuma
Bavuma, Thami Tsolekile, and Malusi Siboto all grew up in Langa, where there is a strong cricket culture. Bavuma attended South African College Junior School in Newlands and St David’s Marist Inanda, a boy’s high school in Sandton.
Domestic career of Temba Bavuma:
In 2008 Bavuma make his professional debut in Gauteng versus Eastern Province. He briefly partnered colleague Dane Vilas to his best first-class score while batting in the middle order, scoring four runs in the first inning. In the 2010–11 campaign, Bavuma made his franchise debut for the Lions. In this debut season of the Supersport Series, he scored 242 runs in 4 games at an average of 60.50, including a total of 124 not out against the Knights that earned him man of the match honors. He made 637 runs with an average of 53.08 during his second Supersport season in 2011–12.
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He has played in five matches for the South Africa A cricket team as a result of these efforts. The first was in Durban in July 2012 against Sri Lanka A. During the A side’s trip of the nation in August of that year, he also participated in a game against Ireland. He didn’t contribute significantly to either of those two games. His subsequent outings for the A side were in a series of games between South Africa A and the Indian and Australian A teams that were held in South Africa. He faced India twice and Australia once.
He was included in the Gauteng team for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup in September of that year. Bavuma was included in the Durban Heat team for the first Mzansi Super League T20 event the following month. The Jozi Stars team included him on their roster for the 2019 Mzansi Super League competition in September. He was included in Gauteng’s team in April 2021, in time for the South African cricket season of 2021–2022. A franchise did not select Bavuma in the September 2022 auction for the inaugural SA20 League.
International career of Temba Bavuma:
On December 26, 2014, Bavuma made his Test debut for South Africa against the West Indies. Bavuma was the first black cricketer for South Africa to get a Test century on January 5, 2016. In the second Test of the 2015–16 England series, he hit an undefeated 102 at the Cape Town Cricket Ground. On September 25, 2016, Bavuma played in his first One Day International for South Africa against Ireland and got his first ODI century. He replaced Hashim Amla, who was present for the birth of his child, opening the batting alongside Quinton de Kock. He was the second player for South Africa to achieve a century in their first ODI, and he was voted player of the game for his efforts.
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Bavuma got the Award of Excellence at Cricket South Africa’s annual awards ceremony in May 2017. Bavuma was selected for the South Africa Twenty20 International (T20I) team in August 2019 for their series against India. On September 18, 2019, he played for South Africa in his first T20I match against India.
Bavuma replaced Quinton de Kock as captain of South Africa’s limited over side on March 4, 2021. His appointment as South Africa’s permanent captain made him the first black African to hold the position. The first series Bavuma led was against Pakistan at home. He suffered a hamstring injury in the third ODI and was sidelined for the series’ T20Is as a result.
Batting and Bowling Stats:
Batting Career Summary
| M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100 | 200 | 50 | 4s | 6s | |
| Test | 56 | 97 | 12 | 2997 | 172 | 35.26 | 6206 | 48.29 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 361 | 7 |
| ODI | 26 | 25 | 2 | 1150 | 144 | 50.0 | 1255 | 91.63 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 104 | 16 |
| T20I | 33 | 32 | 3 | 635 | 72 | 21.9 | 547 | 116.09 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 15 |
Bowling Career Summary
| M | Inn | B | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Econ | Avg | SR | 5W | 10W | |
| Test | 56 | 5 | 96 | 61 | 1 | 1/29 | 1/29 | 3.81 | 61.0 | 96.0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODI | 26 | 1 | 37 | 22 | 0 | 0/22 | 0/22 | 3.57 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20I | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |