Boyd Rankin

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country = Ireland
fullname = William Boyd Rankin
nickname = Boydo
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dayofbirth = 5
monthofbirth = 07
yearofbirth = 1984
placeofbirth = Derry
countryofbirth = Northern Ireland
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odidebutyear = 2007
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lastodidate = 25 August
lastodiyear = 2008
lastodiagainst = Kenya
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year1 = 2008–present
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date = 10 October
year = 2008
source = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/60/60782/60782.html CricketArchive

William Boyd Rankin (born July 5, 1984) is an Irish cricketer. He is a right-arm medium-fast bowler.

Born in Derry, Northern Ireland, he is a tall bowler who stands at 6ft 8 inches and has a distinctive bouncing action in his bowling. Rankin revealed in an interview that his action is modelled on bowlers like Curtly Ambrose and Glenn McGrath who "hit the deck from just back of a length outside off stump".cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/290227.html |title=In the skin of a lion |author=Dileep Premachandran |publisher=Cricinfo.com |date=12 April 2007 Retrieved on 26 August 2008.] He studied agriculture at Harper Adams University College in Shropshire, during which time he worked on his batting technique. [cite web |url=http://www.middlesexccc.com/player-profile.asp?PlayerID=15|title=Boyd Rankin player profile: MCCC|author=David Nash |publisher=Middlesex County Cricket Club |date=2005 Retrieved on 26 August 2008.]

Domestic career

Middlesex

His performances in for Ireland’s U-19s and the Ireland A team to attracted the attention of county scouts and prompted several offers of trials. In an interview, Rankin stated that he chose to join Middlesex "because of the Irish connection, with Ed Joyce and Morgan there, I wanted to be some place where I knew a few faces". During his two season stint at Middlesex, from 2004-2005, Rankin played several times for the second XI but failed to break into the first team.

Derbyshire

In an effort to experience more first team cricket, he signed a deal with Derbyshire for the 2006 season, encouraged by Mike Hendrick, Derbyshire’s bowling coach. Although Rankin played a fist team match and a Pro40 match in which he took a wicket with his first over, his season was prematurely cut short by a side strain.

Derbyshire renewed his contract for the 2007 English season, though his opportunities were limited due mainly to injury.cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/298125.html |title=Depleted Ireland announce ODI squad |publisher=Cricinfo.com Retrieved on 16 June 2007.] He played just three first-class matches taking 10 wickets at an average of 29.20 with best figures of 4/41 which was against his old county, Middlesex; in that match he finished with his best first-class match figures of 8/121. [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/shared/fds/hi/statistics/cricket/scorecards/2007/5/13657/html/scorecard.stm |title=LV County Championship - Division Two: Derbyshire v Middlesex scorecard |publisher=BBC online |date=16 May 2007 Retrieved on 26 August 2008.] [cite web |url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/60/60782/f_Bowling_by_Team.html |title=First-class bowling for each team by Boyd Rankin |publisher=Cricketarchive.com Retrieved on 11 March 2008.] He also played five one day matches taking 4 wickets at an average of 50.50 with best figures of 2/56. [cite web |url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/60/60782/a_Bowling_by_Team.html |title=List A bowling for each team by Boyd Rankin |publisher=Cricketarchive.com Retrieved on 11 March 2008.]

Warwickshire

At the end of the 2007 season, Rankin turned down a new contract with Derbyshire in favour of a two year contract with Warwickshire. Rankin explained his choice as a difficult one, but the opportunity of working with Alan Donald was too good to miss. He was contracted to play in the controversial Indian Cricket League for the Kolkata Tigers; [cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/icl/content/story/320289.html |author=Cricinfo staff |title= Lara and Inzamam named in ICL teams |publisher=Cricinfo |date=14 November 2007 Retrieved on 20 November 2007.] fellow Irishman, Niall O'Brien also participated in the tournament. [cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/story/315556.html |title=Rankin joins Warwickshire |publisher=Cricinfo.com |date=15 October 2007 Retrieved on 15 October 2007.]

Rankin jeopardised his season when in April 2008 he injured himself during fielding practice before a County Championship match against Worcestershire. He dived to stop a ball and landed awkwardly on his shoulder, suffering a SLAP tear to his right shoulder. He underwent an operation and was expected to be on the sidelines for about six months. [cite web |url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/story/347640.html |title=Rankin's season under threat |author=Cricinfo staff |publisher=Cricinfo.com |date=26 April 2008 Retrieved on 26 August 2008.] After just four months, Rankin was back playing cricket. In August 2008, he made his debut for Warwickshire in a first-class match against Essex. He finished with figures of 4/80 in a drawn match as Warwickshire only bowled once. [cite web |url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/story/365097.html |title=Langeveldt and Hinds ruin Middlesex |author=Cricinfo staff |publisher=Cricinfo.com |date=15 August 2008 Retrieved on 26 August 2008.] He finished the season with 12 first-class wickets for Warwickshire in five matches. [cite web |url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/60/60782/f_Bowling_by_Season.html |title=First-class bowling in each season by Boyd Rankin |publisher=CricketArchive.com Retrieved on 10 October 2008.] Speaking in October 2008 of his time with Warwickshire an being coached by Alan Donald, Rankin said "He [Donald] doesn't seek to make many technical changes during the season – that's more for the winter. It's more about the mental side of the game, how to work a batsman over, how to think more about the game, how to work batsmen out and take more wickets". [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/ireland/7653473.stm |title=Rankin buoyed for Nairobi clash |publisher=BBC online |date=5 October 2008 Retrieved on 10 October 2008.]

International career

Rankin has represented Ireland at every age group from U-13 upwards, and by the age of 15 he was playing first team cricket for Bready, his local club. He played three youth One Day Internationals (ODI) for Ireland, finishing with two wickets at an average of 52.00. [cite web |url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/60/60782/60782.html |title=Boyd Rankin player profile |publisher=CricketArchive Retrieved on 26 August 2008.] Performances for the Ireland A team prompted Rankin’s inclusion in the World Cup Squad, although in the World Cricket League he made little impact in Ireland’s unsuccessful campaign as he played only one match and was unavailable with a stomach bug for much of the time. Rankin took 4/56 against the UAE to help Ireland make the Intercontinental Cup Final of 2007, which Ireland later won although Rankin did not play because of county commitments.

Rankin had a successful World Cup in the Caribbean finished as Ireland's leading wicket taker of the tournament, with 12 wickets in his 9 matches at an average of 27 at a strike rate of 29.67. In Ireland’s second game of the 2007 ICC World Cup, Rankin took 3/32 to bowl Pakistan out for 132 and win the match, causing a major upset. Ireland's victory against Pakistan ensured they progressed to the next round. [cite web |url=http://statserver.cricket.org/guru?sdb=player;playerid=47056;class=odiplayer;filter=basic;team=0;opposition=0;notopposition=0;season=0;homeaway=0;continent=0;country=0;notcountry=0;groundid=0;startdefault=2007-01-31;start=2007-01-31;enddefault=2007-04-18;end=2007-04-18;tourneyid=2;finals=0;daynight=0;toss=0;scheduledovers=0;scheduleddays=0;innings=0;result=0;followon=0;seriesresult=0;captain=0;keeper=0;dnp=0;recent=;viewtype=aro_list;runslow=;runshigh=;batposition=0;dismissal=0;bowposition=0;ballslow=;ballshigh=;bpof=0;overslow=;overshigh=;conclow=;conchigh=;wicketslow=;wicketshigh=;dismissalslow=;dismissalshigh=;caughtlow=;caughthigh=;caughttype=0;stumpedlow=;stumpedhigh=;csearch=;submit=1;.cgifields=viewtype |title=Statsguru: Boyd Rankin's World Cup 2007 Stats |publisher=Cricinfo.com Retrieved on 16 June 2007.] A stress fracture of the fibula forced Rankin to miss ODIs against India and South Africa in 2007 which Ireland lost.

In August 2008, Rankin made his first appearance for Ireland since the 2007 World Cup. [cite web |url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/story/365548.html |title=Rankin named in Ireland squad |author=Cricinfo staff |publisher=Cricinfo.com |date=19 August 2008 Retrieved on 26 August 2008.] He played in the first two ODIs in the three match series against Kenya before returning to Warwickshire. In the first match Rankin took 2/26 as Ireland won by 33 runs, [cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/story/366140.html |title=Botha stars in Ireland win |author=Cricinfo staff |publisher=Cricinfo.com |date=24 August 2008 Retrieved on 26 August 2008.] however he did not bowl in the second match which was rained off after Ireland had batted for eight overs. [cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/story/366188.html |title=Rain ruins second one-dayer |author=Cricinfo staff |publisher=Cricinfo.com |date=24 August 2008 Retrieved on 26 August 2008.] In October 2008, Rankin playing in the Intercontinental Cup against Namibia; finished with match figures of 7/72, with 5/39 in the second innings as Ireland secured an eight run win. In the match he recorded his maiden first-class five-wicket haul. [cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/story/372403.html |title=Ireland keep final hopes alive with thrilling win |author=Cricinfo staff |publisher=Cricinfo.com |date=4 October 2008 Retrieved on 5 October 2008.]

References

External links

* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/60/60782/60782.html Boyd Rankin] at CricketArchive
* [http://www.middlesexccc.com/player-profile.asp?PlayerID=15 Boyd Rankin] at Middlesex CCC
* [http://www.derbyshireccc.com/servlets/template?FILE=team_players_fullprofile&player_id=43&name=Boyd%20Rankin&SID=1450681201202032567844 Boyd Rankin] player profile at Derbyshire CCC
* [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/player/24599.html Player profile at Cricinfo.com]