Deadly aim!

 

 

At London’s Lord’s Museum, there lies the stuffed carcass of a sparrow, which owes its untimely end in 1936 to then Indian medium-pace bowler Jahangir Khan’s delivery that collided mid-air with the birdie. While Khan was christened then on as cricket’s sparrow killer, the 1999 World Cup match between India and Australia at The Oval were no less deadly days of cricket history. The first victim – a pigeon – was claimed by Paul Reiffel’s throw and then another dear pigeon flew in to the other world as Ajay Jadeja edged the ball to where it was pecking…