Samuels to seek medical attention

West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels will fly to the United States to seek medical treatment for his left knee on Thursday.

The decision was reached following dialogue between Rev. Wes Hall, the president of the West Indies Cricket Board; John Pinnock, Samuels' United States-based agent; Samuels and two medical specialists in the United States.

"Marlon will fly to Barbados and onto New York on Thursday and will see Dr. Ainsworth Allen to get an evaluation of his knee," remarked Michael Hall, the chief cricket operations officer of the WICB.

"From New York, Marlon will travel on Monday to Baltimore to see Dr. Michael Mont, a highly-rated knee specialist, to get a second opinion."

Samuels was withdrawn from the West Indies' 15-member squad to the Cricket World Cup 2003 in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya after a medical report on his left knee - on which he had surgery earlier this year - revealed there was a strong chance it could deteriorate during the competition.