The Worldwide Cricket Council has been urged to assessment the foundations 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 means of his Scottish father.
Doubtlessly he might 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 pink 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 taking part in XI for any of the matches which came about 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 laws state that he “participated” as a “non-playing official substitute” regardless that he has not made an look for England.
Cricket Scotland chief government Trudy Lindblade stated the ICC ruling appears “fairly unusual” in comparison with different sports activities.
Below the foundations governing soccer and rugby union, Currie would have been eligible to play for Scotland having not received an official cap.
“I do not know when that rule was final checked out, so possibly it’s time to have a re-look at that and make sure that what’s in place is appropriate or whether or not alterations are wanted,” Lindblade advised BBC Sport.
“Is that rule nonetheless related at the moment 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 pleasure” at taking part in worldwide cricket for Scotland.
“Taking the sphere with my brother [Brad], realizing what’s means to my previous man and his facet of the household, is one thing that all the time places a smile on face,” he stated final 12 months.
BBC Sport has approached the ICC for remark.
