Re: How much longer do we let Kaneria "develop" into a world class bowler
^ i guess its like the complaint people have against yousuf of starting off slowly even though his strike rate at the end of an innings is pretty good. dunno if thats a fair criticism, doesnt seem like it should be a big deal to me anyway. if he bowls a lot of overs, but still has a good strike rate, logically hes taking a lot of wickets when alls said and done, even if top/middle order fall in a sudden burst at the fag end of his spell (as it would have to be, to meet the strike rate numbers).
i personally doubt thats the case.
A batsman trying to save his wicket for taking risk at a later stage of the game cannot be compared with a bowler striking in later overs IMO.
It could be that Kaneria can use ball of certain age/overs to get maximum results for the team but captain forces him to use relatively newer ball trying to get maximum out of him.