da heads bet： Pakistan opener Saeed Anwar pulled out of next month’sBangladesh tour after being diagnosed with a stress fracturein his left hand
da doce： 27-Dec-2001Pakistan opener Saeed Anwar pulled out of next month’sBangladesh tour after being diagnosed with a stress fracturein his left hand.The left-hander has been ruled out from competitive cricketfor three months which practically ends his hopes of facingthe West Indies who are due here on Jan 26 for three Testsand as many one-day internationals.Pakistan leave for Bangladesh on Jan 2 for two Tests andthree one-day internationals.The fracture was revealed in a bone scan Tuesday. The 33-year-old batsman had suffered the injury during October’sSharjah Cup. On the basis of MRI tests and advice of a Dubaispecialist, Saeed rested for six weeks before resuming hiscricket this month. However, the injury aggravated whichforced him to undergo bone scan.The PCB has not named his replacement though a place hasbecome vacant which deserves to go to Shahid Afridi whopicked up five wickets in his debut Test and followed upwith a match winning century against India at Chennai in1999.Shahid, however, has been named as three replacements forthe one-day series which follow the two Tests at Dhaka andChittagong.Saeed, a reborn Muslim, has recently struggled to maintaintop class fitness. Earlier this year, he returned from NewZealand after the one-dayers while he also missed the entiretour to the West Indies last year.Prior to that, he missed most of his cricket due toundiagnosed stomach disease.
