| Junior Dala | |
| Fullname: | Carl Junior Dala |
| Birth Date: | 29 December 1989 |
| Birth Place: | Lusaka, Zambia |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right–arm medium |
| Role: | Bowler |
| Country: | South Africa |
| International: | true |
| Odidebutdate: | 8 August |
| Odidebutyear: | 2018 |
| Odidebutagainst: | Sri Lanka |
| Odicap: | 128 |
| Lastodidate: | 12 August |
| Lastodiyear: | 2018 |
| Lastodiagainst: | Sri Lanka |
| Odishirt: | 3 |
| T20idebutagainst: | India |
| T20idebutdate: | 18 February |
| T20idebutyear: | 2018 |
| T20icap: | 74 |
| Lastt20iagainst: | Pakistan |
| Lastt20idate: | 11 February |
| Lastt20iyear: | 2021 |
| T20ishirt: | 3 |
| Club1: | The Unlimited Titans |
| Year1: | 2011–2020 |
| Club2: | Delhi Daredevils |
| Year2: | 2018 |
| Club3: | Nelson Mandela Bay Giants |
| Year3: | 2018– |
| Columns: | 4 |
| Matches1: | 2 |
| Runs1: | 8 |
| Bat Avg1: | 8.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 5 |
| Deliveries1: | 102 |
| Wickets1: | 1 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 121.00 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 1/57 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
| Matches2: | 10 |
| Runs2: | 19 |
| Bat Avg2: | 19.00 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/0 |
| Top Score2: | 12 |
| Deliveries2: | 192 |
| Wickets2: | 13 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 23.61 |
| Fivefor2: | 0 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 3/35 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 3/– |
| Matches3: | 58 |
| Runs3: | 527 |
| Bat Avg3: | 11.71 |
| 100S/50S3: | 0/1 |
| Top Score3: | 79 |
| Deliveries3: | 7.557 |
| Wickets3: | 152 |
| Bowl Avg3: | 32.38 |
| Fivefor3: | 6 |
| Tenfor3: | – |
| Best Bowling3: | 6/35 |
| Catches/Stumpings3: | 20/– |
| Matches4: | 76 |
| Runs4: | 233 |
| Bat Avg4: | 8.62 |
| 100S/50S4: | 0/0 |
| Top Score4: | 37 |
| Deliveries4: | 3,020 |
| Wickets4: | 108 |
| Bowl Avg4: | 27.53 |
| Fivefor4: | 1 |
| Tenfor4: | 0 |
| Best Bowling4: | 6/19 |
| Catches/Stumpings4: | 23/– |
| Date: | 28 April |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/545467.html ESPNcricinfo |
| Club4: | Durban's Super Giants |
| Year4: | 2023–present |
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]
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]
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]