bridgetown, barbados (cmc)

Ramnaresh Sarwan's big-gest disappointment about damaging the acromioclavicular joint in his right shoulder is that it's the third time he has been injured in the space of six months.

Sarwan returned to the Caribbean yesterday to pursue rehabilitation on his injury.

Last December, Sarwan had his instep crushed by a delivery from the Pakistan fast bowler Umar Gul which put him out of action for six weeks, then he had a finger broken by a short, lifting delivery from Barbados fast bowler Fidel Edwards when playing for Guyana in the Carib Beer Cricket Series.

"I'm very disappointed, but this means I have six to eight weeks to recuperate and to get back to full fitness," Sarwan told reporters at the Grantley Adams International Airport yesterday when he was intransit to his native Guyana.

"This injury seemed to be a freak accident. Maybe, I need to come,and bathe in some Barbadian blue water in the sea. Seriously though, I am looking forward to recuperating and getting back to full fitness, and hopefully, I will be ready for our next major assignment the Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa."