West Indies competitive

With responsive and bowling friendly wickets,suddenly the West Indies appear competitive.Had it not been for Dravid and Laxman, India would have been trailing.What it essentially means is that the West Indies have caught up as far as bowling goes.That Andre Russell, Jerome Taylor and Kemar roach cannot get selected means that the West indies have a bowling which can be competitive.This brings into perspective that even in those helmetless days Lloyd's team was great because of Richards,Fredericks, Greenidge,Gomes, Kallicharan, Haynes and Lloyd rather than the bowlers.With batsmen like those Edwards and company can rattle any opposition.They also have Bishoo.So it is up to Bravo, Barath and company to forge pasures new.Moreover, if cricketers will like to live in Miami and play in the West Indies, cricket as a cultural institution gets weakened.It is not an accident that India has become a cricketing superpower in an age in which more Americans work with work permit in india than Indians in the USA.There was a time that players like Uday Joshi and Dilip Doshi would play County championship to make a living.Today even a full ranji season provides for comfortable living.