Temba Bavuma
Temba Bavuma — career overview
Temba Bavuma is a cricketer who represents South Africa in international cricket as a batsman (Right Handed Bat, Right-arm medium bowler). In international cricket Temba Bavuma has appeared in 64 Tests (3,708 runs at 38.23, with 4 hundreds and 24 fiftys); 53 ODIs (1,941 runs at 40.77, with 5 hundreds and 4 fiftys); 36 T20Is (670 runs at 20.94, with 1 fifty). With the ball, Temba Bavuma has taken 1 international wicket across formats. Full batting and bowling records, recent form and milestones are shown below. Compare Temba Bavuma with other players using the player comparison tool, or see where South Africa rank in the latest ICC rankings.
Batting & Fielding
| Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 64 | 110 | 13 | 3708 | 172 | 38.23 | 7544 | 49.22 | 4 | 24 | 424 | 16 |
| ODI | 53 | 51 | 3 | 1941 | 144 | 40.77 | 2205 | 88.69 | 5 | 4 | 195 | 26 |
| T20I | 36 | 35 | 3 | 670 | 72 | 20.94 | 567 | 118.17 | - | 1 | 62 | 16 |
Bowling
| Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5W | 10W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 64 | 5 | 96 | 61 | 1 | 1/29 | 1/29 | 61.00 | 3.81 | 96.0 | - | - |
| ODI | 53 | 1 | 37 | 22 | - | 0/22 | 0/22 | - | 3.57 | - | - | - |
| T20I | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Format Performance
Batting — Runs & Average
Bowling — Wickets & Economy
Career Milestones
Temba Bavuma — Career Overview
Temba Bavuma is a batsman from South Africa. Temba bats right handed bat and bowls right-arm medium. Specialist batters anchor an innings and shape its tempo. The best combine a tight defensive technique with the range of strokes needed to score off any ball, and the temperament to bat long across all conditions and formats. South Africa is one of the playing nations represented across the international and franchise calendar, with players drawn from the domestic system and the academy pathway into the senior side. International batting record — 64 Tests: 3,708 runs at an average of 38.23, strike rate 49.22 (4 hundreds, 24 fiftys); 53 ODIs: 1,941 runs at an average of 40.77, strike rate 88.69 (5 hundreds, 4 fiftys); 36 T20Is: 670 runs at an average of 20.94, strike rate 118.17 (1 fifty). International bowling — 1 wicket in Test at 61.00, economy 3.81. Franchise leagues — the IPL, PSL, BBL, CPL, SA20 and others — make up an increasing share of the modern cricket calendar, with selection in these competitions shaping income, exposure and the pathway back into national squads. Career statistics in cricket are best read across formats: a Test average, an ODI strike rate and a T20I economy each tell a different part of the story, and modern selection often turns on how a player splits their time across red-ball and white-ball cricket within a packed annual schedule. Recent form, opposition strength and conditions at the venue also weigh heavily alongside the headline numbers. Our player database tracks Temba Bavuma's match-by-match appearances across the international and domestic calendar, with batting and bowling splits by format, opposition, venue and time period. Career milestones — highest score, best bowling figures, fastest fifty or hundred and notable franchise performances — sit alongside the running totals so the full arc of a career is easy to read in one view. On GeoCric you can dig into Temba Bavuma's career numbers, format-by-format breakdowns, batting and bowling averages, century and five-wicket counts, league appearances and recent form — refreshed against live match data and free to read.