Saeed to leave for West Indies on 27th April

Karachi, April 24: Opener Saeed Anwar will leave for Guyana, West Indies, on Thursday instead of Tuesday. The left-hander will thus miss the four-dayer starting there from April 27 and will directly appear in the first Test beginning from May 5.

The departure of the 31-year-old batsman was delayed because of non-availability of flight. "Naturally I wanted to be there for the four-dayer. Anyway, I will reach there on Friday and will try to make up for the lost time in nets," Saeed said on Monday from Lahore.

He, however, said he was still recovering from post-surgical pain but added that he was hoping that he would regain top fitness by the time the first Test starts.

"If I felt that I was not match fit (for the first Test), I will skip the Guyana match and would test by match fitness in the four-dayer at Barbados which will be followed up by back-to-back Tests," Saeed added.

He said he has been undergoing exercises to strengthen his knee and has also started sprints. He said the specialist had told him that he would be fully fit in five weeks "and now only seven days are left."

Saeed underwent orthoscopy on his right knee late last month. He had missed the third Test against Sri Lanka, the triangular series in Sharjah and the West Indies