Ireland are hoping to have all bases covered as they prepare to take on hosts West Indies and England in the forthcoming ICC World Twenty20.
Phil Simmons' side already have a handy CV in ICC tournaments, notably when making the second stage ahead of both Pakistan and India in the World Cup in the Caribbean three years ago.
Yesterday, they were able to confirm fast bowler Boyd Rankin will be fit to take part this time after a foot injury - naming him in a 15-man squad otherwise manned by the 14 who helped them through last month's qualifying tournament in the United Arab Emirates.
Rankin had to miss that campaign. But coach Simmons, the former West Indies all-rounder relishing a return to the Caribbean, is hoping the 6ft 8in seamer can be one of several pace and spin exponents who will serve Ireland well.
After joining a Warwickshire pre-season tour, Rankin was confident he would be ready - first for a warm-up campaign in Jamaica before group matches in Guyana.
Simmons too was expecting the 25-year-old to be available.
'He was always going to come back for us once he was fit, so it's an added bonus for us that he is,' said Trinidad-born Simmons.
'He seems all right. It is just about how much bowling he has managed to do on that tour with Warwickshire and how ready he is. We will find that out later this week.'
Ireland's 15-man squad is well stocked with spin and seam, and Simmons is mindful of the need for both against world-class opposition batsmen.
'You just have to adapt to the surfaces you are playing on,' he said.
'When we get to Guyana we'll have five or six days to see what is happening. We have a fair idea and will prepare as much as we can. But we will be ready to adapt too.'
Rankin is one of a clutch of players who have figured in both Ireland's 2007 World Cup campaign and the World Twenty20 in England last summer.
Among the other familiar names in the squad are captain Will Porterfield, his predecessor Trent Johnston and brothers Niall and Kevin O'Brien.
Teenage batsman Paul Stirling and the even younger slow left-armer George Dockrell are other notable inclusions.
Opening batsman Porterfield, the O'Briens, Rankin and Surrey reserve wicketkeeper Gary Wilson have varied amounts of experience in county cricket, as well as on the world stage for their country - and Stirling recently joined Middlesex.
