Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
I've looked it up and Rankin did similar. He still plays for you, I think.

You can't really blame someone who makes the grade for England playing for them, though, can you? Would you rather play for England on a central contract for bunches of cash or for Ireland for your bus fare to and from the ground?
Yep - they were the big 3. All admitted they simply wanted to play Test cricket. We wanted the young spinner from Somerset as well (Dockrell) but he never really made it