Chin music? The only music coming from me would be from my guitar, says Lee Mumbai: Brett Lee is a chastened man after the whacking he got from the Indian batsmen in Australia. He is not talking about chin music any more!
"Chin music? The only music coming from me would be from my guitar," said the musically inclined pace bowler from New South Wales to reporters on Sunday.
Lee had raised the hackles of the Indians when he promised to welcome them with chin music on his return to big time cricket after an injury lay-off, but went for over 200 runs in the first innings of the last Test at Sydney.
But the pace bowler indicated he was going to bowl fast through the air and try to get some reverse swing going his way once the ball gets scuffed up due to the hard outfield.
"Pace is my biggest asset. I am not a 130-kph bowler. I can also bowl seam-up, but there are others - Glenn (McGrath), Jason (Gillespie) and Mike (Kasprowicz) to do so. I will try to bowl fast and smartly too," the blond fast bowler said.
"We need to bowl a different length here as compared to what we do at home. The thing that excites here is that the ball is roughed up quickly and there is a chance to get my reverse swing going, if given a chance to play," he said.
Lee, with 21 wickets in four Tests against India (8 in two Tests in last series in Australia), said he has had a good session six weeks ago at the MRF pace academy in Chennai, guided by former Indian pace bowler Javagal Srinath and Aussie great Dennis Lille.
"It was fantastic. Javagal gave tips on swinging the ball, using the crease etc. I have come so many times to India recently that it is almost like a second home," he added.