BHUBANESWAR: Blazing down the flank wearing a Zorro-style protective mask, Sam Ward is the opposition’s nightmare. The star England striker is a nuclear reactor of energy when he takes to the pitch, displaying deft stickwork, trapping aerial balls with precision and scoring from improbable angles.
That he does all this with six metal plates and 31 screws holding his face together and only peripheral vision in his left eye boggles the mind. But Ward’s is one of the grittiest comeback stories in modern hockey.
