Temba Bavuma: Breaking Barriers

Test Match Special

BBC

Cricket, Sports News, News, Sports

4.4 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

South Africa captain Temba Bavuma opens up to Alison Mitchell ahead of South Africa’s World Test Championship final against Australia. They talk about his position as captain and role model, especially as the first black African to score a Test century for South Africa, but also talk about how they take inspiration from the Springboks, his desire to play more Test cricket, his relationship with his coach, his advocacy for stem cell research, and what it’ll be like working with Stuart Broad ahead of the final…

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0:00.0	No, but Tom, he says to me, what are you wearing?
0:04.2	He's like, you look ridiculous.
0:05.6	His invite said yoga party.
0:07.5	You were spot on, bro.
0:08.4	No, no, no.
0:09.1	His text auto-corrected.
0:11.0	So what was it meant to say then?
0:12.4	Toga party.
0:13.8	What?
0:14.2	Oh no.
0:14.6	So they all came as Romans.
0:16.4	Well, I never thought of it like that.
0:18.5	You About? Join me, Roman Kemp, and me, Tom Gremlin, for our weekly catch-up, otherwise known as a podcast.
0:24.9	You About? Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:29.7	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:33.2	This is the TMS podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live.
0:38.6	Hello, I'm Alison Mitchell and welcome to the Test Match Special podcast ahead of the
0:43.1	World Test Championship Final between Australia and South Africa at Lords, a match you can hear
0:48.3	on TMS on five sports extra in the UK, on ABC in Australia and worldwide via the ICC website.
0:57.2	Temba Bovuma is no ordinary cricket captain. He was already the first black African to score a
1:02.9	test century for South Africa, but now as captain, he's fully aware of his position as a role
1:08.8	model and of what and who he represents.
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