The Worldwide Cricket Council has been urged to evaluate the principles regarding twelfth man duties which denied Scott Currie the prospect to play for Scotland on the males’s T20 World Cup.

Poole-born Currie, 24, has performed three one-day internationals for Scotland having certified for the Saltires by way of his Scottish father.

Doubtlessly he may have been lining as much as play for Scotland in opposition to England in Kolkata on Saturday, alongside brother Brad, solely to be deemed ineligible for the event due to ICC crimson tape.

The Hampshire all-rounder was known as up by England for a three-match T20 worldwide sequence in opposition to Eire final September as a substitute for the injured Saqib Mahmood.

Currie was not picked in England’s enjoying XI for any of the matches which occurred in Malahide, however as a result of he undertook twelfth man duties he’s now ineligible for Scotland for 3 years.

Part 2.2 of the ICC’s participant eligibility rules state that he “participated” as a “non-playing official substitute” though he has not made an look for England.

Cricket Scotland chief govt Trudy Lindblade mentioned the ICC ruling appears “fairly unusual” in comparison with different sports activities.

Underneath the principles governing soccer and rugby union, Currie would have been eligible to play for Scotland having not gained an official cap.

“I do not know when that rule was final checked out, so perhaps it’s time to have a re-look at that and ensure that what’s in place is appropriate or whether or not alterations are wanted,” Lindblade advised BBC Sport.

“Is that rule nonetheless related in the present day in that evolution of our sport the place gamers do transfer round much more from that perspective?”

Currie declined to remark however has beforehand spoken of his “immense delight” at enjoying worldwide cricket for Scotland.

“Taking the sphere with my brother [Brad], understanding what’s means to my outdated man and his facet of the household, is one thing that at all times places a smile on face,” he mentioned final yr.

BBC Sport has approached the ICC for remark.