Re: How much longer do we let Kaneria "develop" into a world class bowler
Sa1ee:
You need to be very careful when judging a player by stats alone. Do not compare his number of wickets in given number of matches to those of Qadir. That information would be misleading. Judge him on the following criteria, ALL at the same time:
-- Number of wickets, strike rate, average, economy, overs bowled, and atmosphere created
Danish may be on his way to get more wickets than Qadir in fewer matches, but you can also see from your own stats that he's doing that at a HIGHER ECONOMY RATE and INFERIOR STRIKE RATE. Which means that:
-- he takes MORE NUMBER of balls to take the same number of wickets, and
-- in doing so, *gives away MORE RUNS
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The result of these two characteristics is that he doesn't create the same amount of pressure that his predecessors used to, or what we expect from a dedicated team spinner. This is also what we 'sense' from seeing his performance live.
I have nothing against Danish, and if you are going to keep defending him by waving high his number of wickets, than that's an argument I can't respond to. If you consider all his stats together, all at once, and analyze the consolidated effect, you may realize that he's not all that!
If all that is too complicated, let me summarize this in two lines. Danish is bowling a lot more overs (or is being made to) to get the same number of wickets that other bowlers do. In addition to that, he's leaking a lot more runs too. READ his economy and strike rate, and that should help you understand where I am coming form .
Plus: In addition to taking wickets, a spinner's job is also to slow down the scoring and create pressure around the batsman which allows other bowlers to take wickets. Danish fails miserably (from your own stats, as well as from what we see live in the matches). Danish has never been able to do that with satisfactory frequency, and in this match alone, if a spinner can't create some pressure when a team is 60/4, then when can he?
Greetings.