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Good Cricket Wicket (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
You may have noticed the name of Boyd Rankin featuring in the recently announced England Performance Programme. Rankin has already played international cricket for Ireland, and could become the next of their players to be poached across the Irish Sea, after Ed Joyce and Eoin Morgan. Understandably, Cricket Ireland are not best pleased particularly as it will result in Rankin...
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Cricinfo (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Ireland have lost batsmen Ed Joyce and Eoin Morgan to England in recent years, and Warren Deutrom has warned that Boyd Rankin's following course would be a major loss
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... Ed Joyce and Eoin Morgan have represented England. Another Irishman, Warwickshire fast bowler Boyd Rankin, was recently included in an England performance squad and the Irish are keen to stem this loss of talent. Full-member status would also make them eligible for a greater share of ICC handouts – they have received significantly less than teams they have beaten and outperformed,...