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{{short description|South African cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Junior Dala
| image =
| full_name = Carl Junior Dala
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|12|29|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Lusaka]], [[Zambia]]
| nickname =
| heightm =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right–arm medium
| role = [[Bowler (cricket)|Bowler]]
| family =
| country = South Africa
| international = true
| internationalspan = 2018–present
| odidebutdate = 8 August
| odidebutyear = 2018
| odidebutagainst = Sri Lanka
| odicap = 128
| lastodidate = 10 February
| lastodiyear = 2025
| lastodiagainst = New Zealand
| odishirt = 3
| T20Idebutagainst = India
| T20Idebutdate = 18 February
| T20Idebutyear = 2018
| T20Icap = 74
| lastT20Iagainst = Pakistan
| lastT20Idate = 11 February
| lastT20Iyear = 2021
| T20Ishirt = 3
| club1 = [[Titans cricket team|Titans]]
| year1 = 2011–2020
| club2 = [[Delhi Daredevils]]
| year2 = 2018
| club3 = [[Nelson Mandela Bay Giants]]
| year3 = 2018–
| columns = 4
| column1 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
| matches1 = 3
| runs1 = 8
| bat avg1 = 8.00
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 5
| deliveries1 = 150
| wickets1 = 2
| bowl avg1 = 84.00
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 1/47
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–

| column2 = [[Twenty20 International|T20I]]
| matches2 = 10
| runs2 = 19
| bat avg2 = 19.00
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score2 = 12[[not out|*]]
| deliveries2 = 192
| wickets2 = 13
| bowl avg2 = 23.61
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 3/35
| catches/stumpings2 = 3/–

| column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches3 = 77
| runs3 = 701
| bat avg3 = 11.49
| 100s/50s3 = 0/1
| top score3 = 79[[not out|*]]
| deliveries3 = 9,936
| wickets3 = 211
| bowl avg3 = 30.52
| fivefor3 = 8
| tenfor3 = 0
| best bowling3 = 6/35
| catches/stumpings3 = 24/–

| column4 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches4 = 98
| runs4 = 448
| bat avg4 = 12.44
| 100s/50s4 = 0/1
| top score4 = 62
| deliveries4 = 3,926
| wickets4 = 133
| bowl avg4 = 29.12
| fivefor4 = 2
| tenfor4 = 0
| best bowling4 = 6/19
| catches/stumpings4 = 33/–

| date = 13 April
| year = 2025
| 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]].<ref name="ESPN - ESPNcricinfo- South Africa - players - Junior Dala">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/545467.html|title=South Africa—Players—Junior Dala|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=28 August 2012}}</ref> In the 2018 South African Cricket Annual, he was named as one of the five Cricketers of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricket.co.za/news/27248/Markram-Ngidi-named-among-SA-Cricket-Annuals-Top-Five |title=Markram, Ngidi named among SA Cricket Annual's Top Five |work=Cricket South Africa |access-date=29 November 2018 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327221829/https://cricket.co.za/news/27248/Markram-Ngidi-named-among-SA-Cricket-Annuals-Top-Five |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/25408218/markram-ngidi-sa-cricket-annual-cricketers-year |title=Markram, Ngidi among SA Cricket Annual's Cricketers of the Year |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=29 November 2018}}</ref>

==Domestic career==
Dala was included in the [[Easterns cricket team]] squad for the [[2015 Africa T20 Cup]].<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/africa-t20-cup-2015-16/content/squad/911669.html Easterns Squad / Players] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.</ref> In August 2017, he was named in [[Durban Qalandars]]' squad for the first season of the [[T20 Global League]].<ref name="T20GL">{{cite web|url=http://www.t20.gl/news/t20-global-league-announces-final-team-squads|title=T20 Global League announces final team squads|access-date=28 August 2017|work=T20 Global League|archive-date=5 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905185645/https://www.t20.gl/news/t20-global-league-announces-final-team-squads|url-status=dead}}.</ref> However, in October 2017, [[Cricket South Africa]] initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after.<ref name="PP">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/1123408.html |title=Cricket South Africa postpones Global T20 league |access-date=10 October 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo|date=10 October 2017 }}</ref>

On 26 April 2018, Dala was called upon to replace the injured fellow South African seamer, [[Chris Morris (cricketer)|Chris Morris]] for the [[Delhi Daredevils]] team for the rest of the [[2018 Indian Premier League|2018 IPL season]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/101776/ipl-2018-cricket-junior-dala-replaces-chris-morris-for-delhi-daredevils-vivo-ipl-2018|title=Junior Dala replaces Chris Morris for Delhi Daredevils|work=Cricbuzz|access-date=27 April 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/cricket/ipl-2018-south-africa-junior-dala-all-set-to-join-delhi-daredevils-according-to-reports|title=Reports: Delhi Daredevils rope in South African fast bowler|date=2018-04-26|access-date=27 April 2018}}</ref>

In June 2018, Dala was named in the squad for the [[Titans (cricket team)|Titans]] team for the 2018–19 season.<ref name="con1819">{{cite web |url=http://www.titans.co.za/index.php/categories-1-layout/item/859-multiply-titans-announce-contracts-2018-19 |title=Multiply Titans Announce Contracts 2018-19 |work=Multiply Titans |access-date=16 June 2018 |archive-date=16 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616154504/http://www.titans.co.za/index.php/categories-1-layout/item/859-multiply-titans-announce-contracts-2018-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In October 2018, he was named in [[Nelson Mandela Bay Giants]]' squad for the [[2018 Mzansi Super League|first edition]] of the [[Mzansi Super League]] T20 tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sport24.co.za/Cricket/live-mzansi-super-league-player-draft-20181017 |title=Mzansi Super League - full squad lists |work=Sport24 |access-date=17 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iol.co.za/sport/cricket/domestic/mzansi-super-league-player-draft-the-story-so-far-17521199 |title=Mzansi Super League Player Draft: The story so far |work=Independent Online |access-date=17 October 2018}}</ref> 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 cricket team|Cape Cobras]], to help Titans progress to the final of the tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iol.co.za/sport/cricket/domestic/behardien-steyn-and-dala-prove-too-much-for-cobras-as-titans-qualify-for-modc-final-20120898 |title=Behardien, Steyn and Dala prove too much for Cobras as Titans qualify for #MODC final |work=IOL |access-date=27 March 2019}}</ref>

In August 2019, Dala was named the Momentum One-Day Cup Cricketer of the Season at [[Cricket South Africa]]'s annual award ceremony.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricket.co.za/news/31359/Du-Plessis-and-Van-Niekerk-honoured-with-CSAs-top-awards |title=Du Plessis and Van Niekerk honoured with CSA's top awards |work=Cricket South Africa |access-date=4 August 2019 |archive-date=4 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804070830/https://cricket.co.za/news/31359/Du-Plessis-and-Van-Niekerk-honoured-with-CSAs-top-awards |url-status=dead }}</ref> In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the [[Nelson Mandela Bay Giants]] team for the [[2019 Mzansi Super League]] tournament.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricket.co.za/news/31555/MSL-20-announces-its-T20-squads |title=MSL 2.0 announces its T20 squads |work=Cricket South Africa |access-date=4 September 2019 |archive-date=4 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904081427/https://cricket.co.za/news/31555/MSL-20-announces-its-T20-squads |url-status=dead }}</ref> In April 2021, he was named in [[Northerns (cricket team)|Northerns]]' squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricket.co.za/news/38184/CSA-reveals-Division-One-squads-for-2021-22 |title=CSA reveals Division One squads for 2021/22 |work=Cricket South Africa |access-date=20 April 2021 |archive-date=20 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420104034/http://cricket.co.za/news/38184/CSA-reveals-Division-One-squads-for-2021-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==International career==
In February 2018, Dala was named in South Africa's [[Twenty20 International]] (T20I) squad for their series [[Indian cricket team in South Africa in 2017–18|against India]].<ref name="SAT20I">{{Cite news|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/623031 |title=South Africa call up Jonker, Dala and Klaasen for India T20Is |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=13 February 2018}}</ref> He made his T20I debut against India on 18 February 2018.<ref name="T20I">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1122285.html |title=1st T20I, India tour of South Africa at Johannesburg, Feb 18 2018 | work=ESPNcricinfo| date=18 February 2018| access-date=18 February 2018}}</ref> In June 2018, he was named in South Africa's [[One Day International]] (ODI) squad for their series [[South African cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2018|against Sri Lanka]].<ref name="SAODISquad">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/23828159/south-africa-rest-imran-tahir-odi-squad-sri-lanka |title=South Africa rest Imran Tahir from ODI squad for Sri Lanka |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=18 June 2018}}</ref> He made his ODI debut against [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]] on 8 August 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1142587.html |title=4th ODI (D/N), South Africa Tour of Sri Lanka at Kandy, Aug 8 2018 |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=8 August 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1989 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:South African cricketers]]
[[Category:South Africa One Day International cricketers]]
[[Category:South Africa Twenty20 International cricketers]]
[[Category:21st-century South African sportsmen]]
[[Category:Zambian cricketers]]
[[Category:Easterns cricketers]]
[[Category:Gauteng cricketers]]
[[Category:Lions cricketers]]
[[Category:Titans cricketers]]
[[Category:Delhi Capitals cricketers]]
[[Category:South African expatriate cricketers in India]]
[[Category:Nelson Mandela Bay Giants cricketers]]
[[Category:Durban's Super Giants cricketers]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Lusaka]]

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