David Johan Jacobs (born 4 November 1982) is a South African cricketer, who played for

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and the Eagles cricket team. Since then, he has represented the Canadian cricket team, and in 2018, he captained the team as part of a

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tournament in the West Indies. He has also played for the

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in the

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(IPL).

Playing career

He is a right-handed batsman, he has made over 3000 first class runs at an average above 40 and a highest score of 218. He is also an outstanding wicket-keeper, and a natural born leader. He also played for

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as a substitute overseas player while a professional with Carrickfergus CC in

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in 2007. Jacobs led the

to two trophies in 2010/2011. His fantastic performance during the second edition of the

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, finishing runners-up to

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in the Golden Bat table. Davy Jacobs along with

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set the record for the highest ever opening stand in Champions League T20 history (147). He has represented the

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on several occasions. Captained the South African Emerging Squad to Australia, and also led the South African Sixes team to victory in the Hong Kong Sixes Tournament in 2009. He was signed up by

, an

franchise, in the 2011 player auction. Despite his tournament being cut short due to injury, he lived up to his reputation. He represented Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel in the 2013 Caribbean Premier League tournament in the

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. In February 2015, he retired from cricket after playing in 91 first class matches in which he scored 5520 runs with 14 hundreds. He also played 106 matches with a strike rate of 81.27. Jacobs played 83 matches scoring 1707 runs at an average of 25.86 with eight half-century. In October 2018, he was named at the captain of Canada's squad for the 2018–19 Regional Super50 tournament in the West Indies. In April 2019, he was named as the captain of Canada's squad for the

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tournament in Namibia. In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Edmonton Royals franchise team in the

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tournament.

Coaching career

Jacobs is currently head of Ontario Cricket Academy where he plays as player-cum-coach.Afghanistan U-19 draw inspiration from senior team
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jacobs, Davy 1982 births Living people Cricketers from Klerksdorp Free State cricketers South African cricketers Knights cricketers 21st-century South African sportsmen Northamptonshire cricketers South African expatriate cricketers in England North West cricketers Mumbai Indians cricketers South African expatriate cricketers in India Trinbago Knight Riders cricketers South African cricket coaches Canadian cricketers Eastern Province cricketers Wicket-keepers