Junior Dala
Personal information
Full name
Carl Junior Dala
Born (1989-12-29) 29 December 1989
Lusaka, Zambia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight–arm medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 128)8 August 2018 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI12 August 2018 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.3
T20I debut (cap 74)18 February 2018 v India
Last T20I11 February 2021 v Pakistan
T20I shirt no.3
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2011–2020The Unlimited Titans
2018Delhi Daredevils
2018–Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
2023–presentDurban'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

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]

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. ↑ "Markram, Ngidi named among SA Cricket Annual's Top Five". 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 announces final team squads". 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 Announce Contracts 2018-19". 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. ↑ "Du Plessis and Van Niekerk honoured with CSA's top awards". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 4 August 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  14. ↑ "MSL 2.0 announces its T20 squads". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 4 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  15. ↑ "CSA reveals Division One squads for 2021/22". 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.
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