Junior Dala
Carl Junior Dala (born 29 December 1989) is a South African cricketer who plays for The Unlimited Titans in South African domestic cricket.[1] In the 2018 South African Cricket Annual, he was named as one of the five Cricketers of the Year.[2][3]
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Full name | Carl Junior Dala | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Lusaka, Zambia | 29 December 1989|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right–arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 24 March 2019 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I shirt no. | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011-present | The Unlimited Titans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | Delhi Daredevils (squad no. 3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018-Present | Nelson Mandela Bay Giants | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 24 March 2019 |
Domestic career
He 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, he 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, he 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, he 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]
International career
In February 2018, he was named in South Africa's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against India.[15] He made his T20I debut for South Africa against India on 18 February 2018.[16] In June 2018, he was named in South Africa's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Sri Lanka.[17] He made his ODI debut for South Africa against Sri Lanka on 8 August 2018.[18]
References
- "South Africa—Players—Junior Dala". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Inc. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- "Markram, Ngidi named among SA Cricket Annual's Top Five". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- "Markram, Ngidi among SA Cricket Annual's Cricketers of the Year". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- Easterns Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- "T20 Global League announces final team squads". T20 Global League. Retrieved 28 August 2017..
- "Cricket South Africa postpones Global T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- "Junior Dala replaces Chris Morris for Delhi Daredevils". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- "Reports: Delhi Daredevils rope in South African fast bowler". 26 April 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- "Multiply Titans Announce Contracts 2018-19". Multiply Titans. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- "Mzansi Super League - full squad lists". Sport24. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- "Mzansi Super League Player Draft: The story so far". Independent Online. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- "Behardien, Steyn and Dala prove too much for Cobras as Titans qualify for #MODC final". IOL. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- "Du Plessis and Van Niekerk honoured with CSA's top awards". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
- "MSL 2.0 announces its T20 squads". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- "South Africa call up Jonker, Dala and Klaasen for India T20Is". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- "1st T20I, India tour of South Africa at Johannesburg, Feb 18 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- "South Africa rest Imran Tahir from ODI squad for Sri Lanka". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
- "4th ODI (D/N), South Africa Tour of Sri Lanka at Kandy, Aug 8 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 August 2018.