William Boyd Rankin (born 5 July 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".[1] He studied agriculture at Harper Adams University College in Shropshire, during which time he worked on his batting technique.[2]
