Chairman of the English county team Glamorgan on Friday defended Sourav Ganguly against star England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff's comments that he was lazy, saying the Indian captain worked hard on and off the field.

Paul Russel, Chief of Glamorgan team for which Ganguly played this season, said "Ganguly is an outstanding professional who settled into the team and worked hard on and off the field.   "He always came to team practice in time and did whatever he was told to do so. He was very regular for training. I personally drove him to the gym when he had joined us."

Expressing surprise about Flintoff's critical remarks in his autobiography 'Being Freddie, my story so far', Russel said "There was never any attitude problem and he was very positive.

We still discuss about him. I am surprised at the comments made by Flintoff. In fact, we have the opposite image of Ganguly of what Flintoff has written.

"There was no hint of anything of what Flintoff has said.

He was very friendly with the other team members and used to often go out with them for dinner."

In his book, Flintoff had portrayed Ganguly as lazy and selfish and behaved like royalty. "It was like having Prince Charles on your side".