Full name William Boyd Rankin
Born July 5, 1984, Derry
Current age 24 years 97 days
Major teams Ireland,Derbyshire,Ireland Under-19s,Warwickshire
Nickname Boydo
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Height
6 ft 7 in
Education Strabane Grammar School, Harper Adams University College
Relations Brother - RJ Rankin
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
ODIs
12
5
3
16
7*
8.00
52
30.76
0
0
1
0
2
0
First-class
10
12
6
42
12*
7.00
140
30.00
0
0
4
0
5
0
List A
19
9
5
25
7*
6.25
71
35.21
0
0
2
0
2
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
ODIs
12
11
428
375
14
3/32
3/32
26.78
5.25
30.5
0
0
0
First-class
10
18
1278
816
34
5/39
8/121
24.00
3.83
37.5
4
1
0
List A
19
18
665
629
19
3/32
3/32
33.10
5.67
35.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
ODI debut
Bermuda v Ireland at Nairobi (Jaff), Jan 31, 2007 scorecard
Last ODI
Ireland v Kenya at Belfast, Aug 25, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
United Arab Emirates v Ireland at Abu Dhabi, Feb 10-12, 2007 scorecard
Last First-class
Namibia v Ireland at Windhoek, Oct 3-4, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
Ireland A v Sri Lanka A at Abu Dhabi, Apr 24, 2006 scorecard
Last List A
Ireland v Kenya at Belfast, Aug 25, 2008 scorecard
Profile
A cattle and sheep farmer from Londonderry, towering over his team-mates at 6ft 8ins tall, Boyd Rankin's obvious main attribute is his height, gaining steepling bounce off a length. But in spite of his inexperience, he showed impressive composure in the 2007 World Cup and finished the tournament as Ireland's leading wicket-taker with 12 wickets at 27. Having spent time on the staff at Lord's, Derbyshire spotted a rising star - in more ways than one - and signed him for the 2007 season. His appearances were limited by injury, but even so he was offered a contract extension. He turned it down and signed with Warwickshire instead. Alan Curr October 2007
