Rankin, Carberry and Ballance to debut as England opt to bowl against Ireland

England handed caps to three cricketers — Michael Carberry, Boyd Rankin and Gary Ballance — and elected to field against Ireland in their one-off One-Day International in Dublin on Tuesday.

Boyd Rankin played 37 ODIs for Ireland before making his T20I debut for England © Getty Images

Sep 3, 2013

England handed caps to three cricketers — Michael Carberry, Boyd Rankin and Gary Ballance — and elected to field against Ireland in their one-off One-Day International in Dublin on Tuesday.

Ireland will aim to take the advantage of a weakened England side.

Teams:

Ireland:  William Porterfield(c), Paul Stirling, Ed Joyce, Niall O’Brien (wk), Gary Wilson, Kevin O’Brien, John Mooney, Trent Johnston, George Dockrell, Tim Murtagh, Max Sorensen.

England: Michael Carberry, Luke Wright, James Taylor, Gary Ballance, Eoin Morgan (c), Ravi Bopara, Jos Buttler (wk), Ben Stokes, James Tredwell, Steven Finn, Boyd Rankin.

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