long ago in the history of t20 cricket, were a pack of cricketers lead by a small but otherwise big hearted man with just a little more hair than Herschelle gibbs. This man was called davy jacobs. Some speculate that such was his terror among the opponents that they named him after davy jones (that creature from pirate's movie). People of their area affectionately called them the 'warriors'. The warriors fought hard and won many a battles under the leadership of jacobs. And then suddenly everything changed.
Davy jacobs was bought by the mumbai indians (the same franchise that now has harbhajan singh as its captain). The confidence, the runs and everything else. poof! all gone in a flash. The same Jacobs who would move across the wicket to face a ball at about 140kmph and still hit it way into the stands found himself wanting while donning the blue outfit. Worse, he started getting out not trying to hit the ball, but defending it. The fear vanished from the opposition just like nauseous memories of the various opening ceremonies of the ipl. And now he has suffered a hip injury.
I think this injury for Davy jacobs couldn't come at a better time. This should give him some time to rethink playing for the mumbai indians and return to the warriors as soon as possible ( that is when the contract expires). But where will that leave Mark boucher? well that...is another story.
Davy jacobs was bought by the mumbai indians (the same franchise that now has harbhajan singh as its captain). The confidence, the runs and everything else. poof! all gone in a flash. The same Jacobs who would move across the wicket to face a ball at about 140kmph and still hit it way into the stands found himself wanting while donning the blue outfit. Worse, he started getting out not trying to hit the ball, but defending it. The fear vanished from the opposition just like nauseous memories of the various opening ceremonies of the ipl. And now he has suffered a hip injury.
I think this injury for Davy jacobs couldn't come at a better time. This should give him some time to rethink playing for the mumbai indians and return to the warriors as soon as possible ( that is when the contract expires). But where will that leave Mark boucher? well that...is another story.
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