Ganguly ready to face the Aussie chin music
AFP, December, 2003
BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) — Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly, singled out by Shane Warne as having a weakness for short-pitched bowling, says he's ready to face the "chin music" in Thursday's opening cricket Test against Australia at Brisbane's Gabba ground.
Legspinner Warne, serving a 12-month drugs ban, has pinpointed Ganguly as showing a distaste for short-pitched deliveries and warned him that he will receive a barrage of what he called "chin music" on the greentop Gabba pitch.
But Ganguly did not sound perturbed on Wednesday, saying it was what he expected on what will be a hugely-challenging tour for one of world cricket's poorest travelling teams.
"That's how they play their cricket, which is good and tough," Ganguly said.
"They use their media quite a bit against opposition teams and you've just got to forget about it and get on with your game." ...