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Temba Bavuma stats

Data through 9 October 2026Last updated 9 October 2026

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 17 February 2013 to 9 October 2026. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Between 2013 and 2026, Temba Bavuma appears in 67 Tests, 53 ODIs, 36 T20Is for South Africa in the Cricsheet data. In Tests Temba Bavuma scored 3,814 runs in 116 innings (average 37.39, strike rate 48.7), including 4 hundreds and 26 fifties. Against Ireland in ODIs, Temba Bavuma averaged 55.00 over 5 innings.

International matches

156

Tests 67 · ODIs 53 · T20Is 36

International runs

6,511

10 hundreds

T20 league & domestic matches

1,301 runs

Best batting average (ODI)

44.07

51 innings

Highest score

172

Test

Teams played for

South Africa 2014–2026 · 156Lions 2013–2024 · 36Cape Cobras 2017 · 9Northamptonshire 2019 · 7Jozi Stars 2019 · 7Sunrisers Eastern Cape 2023–2024 · 5Durban Heat 2018 · 4

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Temba Bavuma batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Test	67	116	14	3,814	172	37.39	7,839	48.7	4	26	10	434	16
ODI	53	51	5	2,027	144	44.07	2,305	87.9	6	7	2	202	28
T20I	36	35	4	670	72	21.61	567	118.2	0	1	6	62	16
T20 (leagues & domestic)	61	53	7	1,301	104	28.28	1,033	125.9	1	4	4	107	32
First-class	7	13	0	524	134	40.31	803	65.3	2	1	0	66	5

Runs per year

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Temba Bavuma: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2013	34
2014	198
2015	135
2016	681
2017	823
2018	300
2019	1,416
2020	451
2021	860
2022	926
2023	1,098
2024	621
2025	656
2026	137

Year-by-year batting (37 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
2013	T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	34	–	141.7	34	0	0
2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	10	188	23.50	127.9	41	0	0
2014	Test	1	10	10.00	28.6	10	0	0
2015	Test	6	135	22.50	37.3	54	0	1
2016	ODI	1	113	113.00	91.9	113	1	0
2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	63	21.00	112.5	33	0	0
2016	Test	15	505	42.08	47.9	102	1	3
2017	ODI	1	48	48.00	102.1	48	0	0
2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	9	166	18.44	109.9	46	0	0
2017	Test	20	609	32.05	47.1	89	0	5
2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	5	1.67	62.5	4	0	0
2018	Test	10	295	42.14	57.3	95	0	3
2019	First-class	13	524	40.31	65.3	134	2	1
2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	15	558	42.92	136.4	104	1	2
2019	T20I	2	76	76.00	115.2	49	0	0
2019	Test	13	258	19.85	51.3	75	0	1
2020	ODI	4	174	43.50	90.2	98	0	1
2020	T20I	6	173	28.83	143.0	49	0	0
2020	Test	3	104	34.67	57.1	71	0	1
2021	ODI	6	164	41.00	80.0	92	0	1
2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	176	44.00	114.3	53	0	1
2021	T20I	12	252	22.91	114.5	72	0	1
2021	Test	7	268	53.60	42.1	61	0	2
2022	ODI	7	231	33.00	72.0	110	1	0
2022	T20I	12	134	13.40	95.7	36	0	0
2022	Test	16	561	40.07	48.2	93	0	4
2023	ODI	17	759	50.60	97.2	144	3	2
2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	52	13.00	136.8	50	0	1
2023	T20I	3	35	11.67	175.0	35	0	0
2023	Test	6	252	50.40	54.4	172	1	0
2024	ODI	4	59	19.67	89.4	35	0	0
2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	2	59	29.50	128.3	33	0	0
2024	Test	10	503	55.89	53.5	113	1	4
2025	ODI	9	346	38.44	85.4	82	0	3
2025	Test	7	310	51.67	47.9	106	1	2
2026	ODI	2	133	66.50	81.1	103	1	0
2026	Test	2	4	2.00	8.9	3	0	0

Temba Bavuma bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	Mdns
Test	5	96	61	1	1/29	1/29	61.00	3.81	96.0	1
ODI	1	37	22	0	–	–	–	3.57	–	0
First-class	1	6	2	0	–	–	–	2.00	–	0

Wickets per year

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Temba Bavuma: wickets per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Wickets
2013	0
2014	0
2015	0
2016	1
2017	0
2018	0
2019	0
2020	0
2021	0
2022	0
2023	0
2024	0
2025	0
2026	0

Year-by-year bowling (5 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2016	Test	2	1	30.00	3.75	1/29
2017	Test	2	0	–	3.00	0/7
2018	Test	1	0	–	10.00	0/10
2019	First-class	1	0	–	2.00	0/2
2022	ODI	1	0	–	3.57	0/22

Temba Bavuma against each team

vs India vs Australia vs England vs Sri Lanka vs Pakistan vs West Indies vs New Zealand vs Bangladesh

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
Australia	Test	19	589	36.81	45.8	95	0	5
Sri Lanka	Test	19	587	30.89	55.2	113	1	5
England	Test	17	538	35.87	49.6	102	1	3
Pakistan	Test	12	511	51.10	48.0	106	1	3
India	Test	18	475	33.93	47.5	55	0	3
New Zealand	Test	12	383	34.82	43.4	89	0	2
Bangladesh	Test	8	357	51.00	48.0	93	0	4
West Indies	Test	10	330	36.67	51.4	172	1	1
Australia	ODI	11	495	49.50	84.9	114	2	2
England	ODI	8	338	42.25	100.6	109	1	1
India	ODI	7	266	38.00	78.9	110	1	0
Pakistan	ODI	7	243	34.71	88.4	92	0	2
Ireland	ODI	5	165	55.00	87.3	113	1	0
Bangladesh	ODI	4	118	29.50	71.5	48	0	0
Netherlands	ODI	3	112	56.00	91.8	90	0	1
New Zealand	ODI	3	100	33.33	82.0	56	0	1
England	T20I	6	173	28.83	143.0	49	0	0
India	T20I	10	150	18.75	94.3	49	0	0
Ireland	T20I	3	85	28.33	128.8	72	0	1
West Indies	T20I	6	78	13.00	106.8	46	0	0
Australia	T20I	4	47	11.75	174.1	35	0	0
Warriors	T20 (leagues & domestic)	8	305	61.00	135.6	104	1	0
Knights	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	187	37.40	114.7	53	0	1
Dolphins	T20 (leagues & domestic)	9	186	26.57	120.8	52	0	1
Cape Cobras	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	135	22.50	118.4	46	0	0
Titans	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	110	18.33	122.2	33	0	0
Cape Town Blitz	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	100	33.33	172.4	62	0	1
Lancashire	First-class	4	158	39.50	73.1	103	1	0
Sussex	First-class	4	70	17.50	66.0	25	0	0

Bowling against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
Australia	Test	3	1	40.00	4.44	1/29

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
The Wanderers Stadium	39	1353	41.00	172
Kingsmead	30	754	27.93	113
SuperSport Park	23	647	34.05	78
Newlands	19	643	37.82	106
St George's Park	13	388	29.85	78
Mangaung Oval	6	329	65.80	114
Buffalo Park	4	241	60.25	144
Boland Park	6	228	38.00	110
County Ground, Northampton	6	223	37.17	103
Willowmoore Park	3	217	108.50	113

Top grounds (bowling)

Most wickets by ground
Ground	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ
Western Australia Cricket Association Ground	1	1	29.00	4.14

Batting and bowling by phase (limited overs)

T20 phases: overs 1–6, 7–15, 16–20. ODI phases: overs 1–10, 11–40, 41–50.
Format	Phase	Runs	Balls	SR	Outs	Bowl balls	Wkts	Econ
T20	Powerplay	685	624	109.8	34	–	–	–
T20	Middle	1027	811	126.6	31	–	–	–
T20	Death	259	165	157.0	12	–	–	–
ODI	Powerplay	720	856	84.1	18	–	–	–
ODI	Middle	1206	1350	89.3	23	31	0	3.29
ODI	Death	101	99	102.0	5	6	0	5.00

How Temba Bavuma was dismissed

Caught160 (67%)
Bowled34 (14%)
Lbw27 (11%)
Run out11 (5%)
Caught and bowled4 (2%)
Stumped2 (1%)

How Temba Bavuma took wickets

Caught1

Last 20 innings

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Temba Bavuma: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
3 Jan 2025	106
10 Feb 2025	20
12 Feb 2025	82
5 Mar 2025	56
11 Jun 2025	36
11 Jun 2025	66
19 Aug 2025	65
24 Aug 2025	19
2 Sep 2025	6
4 Sep 2025	4
14 Nov 2025	3
14 Nov 2025	55
22 Nov 2025	41
22 Nov 2025	3
3 Dec 2025	46
6 Dec 2025	48
24 Sep 2026	30
27 Sep 2026	103
9 Oct 2026	3
9 Oct 2026	1

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
9 Oct 2026	Test	Australia	1	18	caught	Kingsmead
9 Oct 2026	Test	Australia	3	27	caught	Kingsmead
27 Sep 2026	ODI	Australia	103	116	caught	The Wanderers Stadium
24 Sep 2026	ODI	Australia	30	48	caught	Kingsmead
6 Dec 2025	ODI	India	48	67	caught	Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium
3 Dec 2025	ODI	India	46	48	caught	Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium
22 Nov 2025	Test	India	3	11	caught	Assam Cricket Association Stadium
22 Nov 2025	Test	India	41	92	caught	Assam Cricket Association Stadium
14 Nov 2025	Test	India	55*	136	not out	Eden Gardens
14 Nov 2025	Test	India	3	11	caught	Eden Gardens
4 Sep 2025	ODI	England	4	7	caught	Lord's
2 Sep 2025	ODI	England	6	9	caught	Headingley
24 Aug 2025	ODI	Australia	19	10	bowled	Great Barrier Reef Arena
19 Aug 2025	ODI	Australia	65	74	bowled	Cazaly's Stadium
11 Jun 2025	Test	Australia	66	134	caught	Lord's
11 Jun 2025	Test	Australia	36	84	caught	Lord's
5 Mar 2025	ODI	New Zealand	56	71	caught	Gaddafi Stadium
12 Feb 2025	ODI	Pakistan	82	96	run out	National Stadium, Karachi
10 Feb 2025	ODI	New Zealand	20	23	caught	Gaddafi Stadium
3 Jan 2025	Test	Pakistan	106	179	caught	Newlands

Batter vs bowler matchups

Bowlers Temba Bavuma faced most

vs Nathan Lyon348 balls
vs Josh Hazlewood287 balls
vs Moeen Ali271 balls

Frequently asked questions

How many runs has Temba Bavuma scored in Tests?

3,814 runs in 116 innings (67 matches) at an average of 37.39 and a strike rate of 48.7, in the data from 2014 to 2026.

How many runs has Temba Bavuma scored in ODIs?

2,027 runs in 51 innings (53 matches) at an average of 44.07 and a strike rate of 87.9, in the data from 2016 to 2026.

How many runs has Temba Bavuma scored in T20Is?

670 runs in 35 innings (36 matches) at an average of 21.61 and a strike rate of 118.2, in the data from 2019 to 2023.

What is Temba Bavuma's highest score?

172 in Tests, the highest score in the data.

How many centuries has Temba Bavuma scored?

13 hundreds in the data: 4 in Tests, 6 in ODIs, 1 in T20 leagues, 2 in first-class.

Source: computed by CricketWise from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data (ODC-BY). Career totals cover only matches in the Cricsheet data. Definitions: methodology.