Peter Moores believes England must be patient over the development of Monty Panesar, their leading spinner, following his failure to make more of an impact on the final day of the opening Test against India.

Peter Moores believes England must be patient over the development of Monty Panesar, their leading spinner, following his failure to make more of an impact on the final day of the opening Test against India.

Panesar, the Northamptonshire left-arm spinner, was supposed to be the key man on the final day when the home side chased a daunting victory target of 387 on a worn pitch at the Chepauk Stadium.

Instead of Panesar imposing himself on the India batsmen, Sachin Tendulkar inspired a famous six-wicket victory by scoring an unbeaten century to give his side an unexpected lead in the two-match series.

Panesar finished wicketless in 20 overs during the final day and rarely threatened to make a breakthrough, which followed a similarly disappointing performance in the final innings against South Africa at Lord's last summer when England again were in a dominant position.

Moores, the England coach, is confident that the 26-year-old, who was playing his 34th Test, still has time on his side to develop into a world-class finger spinner.

"If you look at Monty's record in Test match cricket, it compares favourably to a lot of spinners who have started out in the game - and he's still relatively young," claimed Moores. "People talk about him developing and changing pace and that takes time, we know that with spinners. They have to add things to their game as batsmen do and all cricketers do to stay ahead of the game."

Panesar's disappointing display follows criticism from Shane Warne last summer, who claimed England's leading spinner had not learned from his time in international cricket and had simply played the same Test repeatedly.

Moores, who is hopeful that Mushtaq Ahmed's appointment as a part-time spin coach next summer can speed up Panesar's development, has refused to become embroiled in a war of words with Australian.

"Shane can have his view, but I work with Monty on a day-to-day basis and he works very hard at his game," said Moores. "He wants to develop his game and he is developing his game and he's at that point in his career where he is learning all the time. Once you learn something, you practice it and then you can start to use it in a game. It's not an overnight process.

Panesar's place for Friday's final Test in Mohali should be secure but England may consider making other changes as they attempt to lift themselves after losing a Test they dominated for all but the final day-and-a- half.

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