Junior Dala

Carl Junior Dala (born 29 December 1989) is a South African cricketer.^[1] In the 2018 South African Cricket Annual, he was named as one of the five Cricketers of the Year.^[2][3]

Junior Dala

Personal information
Full name	Carl Junior Dala
Born	(1989-12-29) 29 December 1989 (age 34) Lusaka, Zambia
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right–arm medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	South Africa
ODI debut (cap 128)	8 August 2018 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	12 August 2018 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.	3
T20I debut (cap 74)	18 February 2018 v India
Last T20I	11 February 2021 v Pakistan
T20I shirt no.	3
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2011–2020	The Unlimited Titans
2018	Delhi Daredevils
2018–	Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
2023–present	Durban's Super Giants
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 2 10 58 76 Runs scored 8 19 527 233 Batting average 8.00 19.00 11.71 8.62 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 Top score 5 12* 79* 37* Balls bowled 102 192 7.557 3,020 Wickets 1 13 152 108 Bowling average 121.00 23.61 32.38 27.53 5 wickets in innings 0 0 6 1 10 wickets in match 0 0 – 0 Best bowling 1/57 3/35 6/35 6/19 Catches/stumpings 1/– 3/– 20/– 23/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 28 April 2021

Domestic career

Dala was included in the Easterns cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup.^[4] In August 2017, he was named in Durban Qalandars' squad for the first season of the T20 Global League.^[5] However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after.^[6]

On 26 April 2018, Dala was called upon to replace the injured fellow South African seamer, Chris Morris for the Delhi Daredevils team for the rest of the 2018 IPL season.^[7][8]

In June 2018, Dala was named in the squad for the Titans team for the 2018–19 season.^[9] In October 2018, he was named in Nelson Mandela Bay Giants' squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament.^[10][11] In March 2019, in the semi-finals of the 2018–19 Momentum One Day Cup, he took career best figures of 6/19 against Cape Cobras, to help Titans progress to the final of the tournament.^[12]

In August 2019, Dala was named the Momentum One-Day Cup Cricketer of the Season at Cricket South Africa's annual award ceremony.^[13] In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Nelson Mandela Bay Giants team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.^[14] In April 2021, he was named in Northerns' squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.^[15]

International career

In February 2018, Dala was named in South Africa's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against India.^[16] He made his T20I debut for South Africa against India on 18 February 2018.^[17] In June 2018, he was named in South Africa's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Sri Lanka.^[18] He made his ODI debut for South Africa against Sri Lanka on 8 August 2018.^[19]

References

1. "South Africa—Players—Junior Dala". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
2. . Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
3. "Markram, Ngidi among SA Cricket Annual's Cricketers of the Year". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
4. Easterns Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
5. . T20 Global League. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017..
6. "Cricket South Africa postpones Global T20 league". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
7. "Junior Dala replaces Chris Morris for Delhi Daredevils". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
8. "Reports: Delhi Daredevils rope in South African fast bowler". 26 April 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
9. . Multiply Titans. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
10. "Mzansi Super League - full squad lists". Sport24. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
11. "Mzansi Super League Player Draft: The story so far". Independent Online. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
12. "Behardien, Steyn and Dala prove too much for Cobras as Titans qualify for #MODC final". IOL. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
13. . Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 4 August 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
14. . Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 4 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
15. . Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
16. "South Africa call up Jonker, Dala and Klaasen for India T20Is". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
17. "1st T20I, India tour of South Africa at Johannesburg, Feb 18 2018". ESPNcricinfo. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
18. "South Africa rest Imran Tahir from ODI squad for Sri Lanka". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
19. "4th ODI (D/N), South Africa Tour of Sri Lanka at Kandy, Aug 8 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 August 2018.