World Cup implodes and Chris Martin vs Sachin Tendulkar

So I was just looking at the official ICC Batting Rankings there. They make for interesting reading.

Ireland's Kevin O'Brien is currently ranked ahead of M. Yousuf, Kevin Pietersen, Kamran Akmal, Younus Khan, Ian Bell, S.T. Jayasuriya, O.A. Shah, Ravi Bopara, Mark Boucher, K.A. Pollard, D. Bravo, David Hussey... Funnily enough Ireland's opening batsman Paul Stirling is ranked ahead of nearly all of these top international batsmen as well. Shame 2011 is the last time O'Brien and Stirling represent Ireland in a World Cup although there's a half chance they'll be playing in the 2015 World Cup under different colours.

On a cheerier note ICC's website allows for player comparisons. Que the Sachin Tendulkar-Chris Martin Test batting comparison (Sachin is literally off the charts....)


Via ICC