Temba Bavuma
87South Africa · OP · 2016 to 2025 · on scorecards: T Bavuma
BATTING
- Matches
- 55
- Innings
- 53
- Runs
- 2035
- Average
- 42.39
- Strike rate
- 87.71
- High score
- 144
- 100s / 50s
- 5 / 8
BOWLING & FIELDING
- Wickets
- 0
- Average
- -
- Economy
- 3.56
- Strike rate
- -
- Best figures
- -
- 4w / 5w
- 0 / 0
- Catches / Stumpings
- 31 / 0
- Run-outs effected
- 0
CAREER IN BRIEF
Temba Bavuma played 52 ODIs for South Africa in CricArcade's archive, from 2016 to 2025. The first came against Ireland at Willowmoore Park, with a score of 113, and the last against India at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in 2025.
The highest score in the archive is 144 from 118 balls against West Indies at Buffalo Park in 2023, in a defeat. In all: 5 hundreds, 7 fifties. At home the average was 53.1 across 27 ODIs; away it was 34.0 across 14 ODIs, markedly stronger at home.
The most runs came against Australia: 362 runs at 45.3 in 9 ODIs. Wanderers Stadium was the most frequent ground, with 6 ODIs and 172 runs at 28.7. Temba Bavuma captained South Africa in 32 ODIs, winning 18 and losing 13. The scorecards record 2 player-of-the-match awards. South Africa won 28 of the ODIs Temba Bavuma played and lost 22.
The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 52 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.
BEST INNINGS
| Runs | Balls | Against | Ground | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 144 | 118 | West Indies | Buffalo Park | 2023 | Lost |
| 114* | 142 | Australia | Mangaung Oval | 2023 | Lost |
| 113 | 123 | Ireland | Willowmoore Park | 2016 | Won |
| 110 | 143 | India | Boland Park | 2022 | Won |
| 109 | 102 | England | Mangaung Oval | 2023 | Won |
RECORD BY OPPONENT
| Against | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 9 | 362 | 45.25 | 1/2 |
| England | 9 | 338 | 42.25 | 1/1 |
| India | 7 | 266 | 38.00 | 1/0 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 243 | 34.71 | 0/2 |
| Ireland | 6 | 165 | 41.25 | 1/0 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 118 | 29.50 | 0/0 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 112 | 56.00 | 0/1 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 100 | 33.33 | 0/1 |
| Sri Lanka | 2 | 46 | 46.00 | 0/0 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 23 | 23.00 | 0/0 |
| West Indies | 1 | 144 | 144.00 | 1/0 |
HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL
| Where | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 27 | 1,328 | 53.12 | 5/4 |
| Away | 14 | 340 | 34.00 | 0/2 |
| Neutral | 11 | 249 | 22.64 | 0/1 |
BY DECADE
| Decade | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2 | 161 | 80.50 | 1/0 |
| 2020s | 50 | 1,756 | 39.91 | 4/7 |
GROUNDS
| Ground | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wanderers Stadium | 6 | 172 | 28.67 | 0/1 |
| Mangaung Oval | 4 | 305 | 101.67 | 2/0 |
| SuperSport Park | 4 | 54 | 13.50 | 0/0 |
| Boland Park | 3 | 171 | 57.00 | 1/0 |
| Newlands | 3 | 118 | 39.33 | 0/1 |
| The Village | 3 | 13 | 13.00 | 0/0 |
FIRST AND LAST
- Debut: v Ireland, 2016 at Willowmoore Park
- Latest in the archive: v India, 2025 at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium
PLAYER DETAILS
- Born
- 17 May 1990
- Batting
- Right-hand bat
- Bowling
- Right-arm medium
- Balls faced (career)
- 2,320
- Ducks
- 2
- Four-wicket hauls
- 0
- Most common batting position
- 3rd
- Strike rate, overs 1 to 10
- 85.9
- Strike rate, overs 11 to 40
- 88.9
- Strike rate, overs 41 to 50
- 102.0
- Balls per dismissal against pace
- 52.8
- Balls per dismissal against spin
- 49.4
Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 2,137 balls faced in that period.
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