DUBAI – Pakistan allrounder Shahid Afridi is set to miss the charity matchat Lord’s between World XI and Windies on May 31.

The 38-year-old, who was expected to make a brief one-off comeback tointernational cricket, via the T20 game, is recovering from a knee injury.

Afridi, on Twitter, claimed that he will be needing another three-fourweeks to recover completely. With the charity match, that is being held toraise funds for the reconstruction of the venues in the Caribbean islandsthat were damaged by Hurricanes Irma and Maria last year, scheduled to beheld two weeks from now, Afridi looks certain to miss the clash.

Bangladesh allrounder Shakib Al Hasan has already pulled out of the contestciting personal reasons while the ICC added Nepal’s young spin sensationSandeep Lamichhane to the World XI squad. England’s Eoin Morgan will leadthe squad that has some star-studded names from across the world.