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Temba Bavuma Quotes

born 1990 South Africa

Temba Bavuma (born 17 May 1990) is a South African cricketer who has played for the national team since 2014. A right-handed batter, he has scored 3,810 runs at an average of 38.10 in Test matches, and 1,987 runs averaging 42.40 in One Day Internationals (ODIs).

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My memories are not good from the team’s perspective as Moeen Ali bowled us out in the second innings

I also had to learn confidence. Can you imagine taking a child from the township into a system where, basically, everything is there.

People keep pushing those levels of expectations and you’ve got to find a way to get mentally stronger. But I’m doing that and I’m still enjoying the game.

I would be a SACS boy who’d been there two years. By then you know how to conduct yourself at lunch.

The added responsibility as well, getting pushed up the order, is something I thrived on. But most of all I just understand my game and I don’t try playing like anyone else.

You’re not going to dish up a big plate whereas my friends from Langa would have huge plates

We can’t compete from an economic point of view. The only way we can compete is on the field

By the time I went to St David’s I was one of the boys. I understood the whole culture and I was fluent and confident in English and my studies. But it took time.

It was tough integrating within the system, learning and understanding the [white] culture

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Temba Bavuma (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.