Game of Cricket. Batting Vs Bowling

Game of Cricket: Bat Versus Ball

I have always wondered if the game of cricket is biased towards the bat and so ball unfriendly. In jest I have the following remedial measures to make the game more balanced ;-)

the bats should become wickets (so that they are wide and there is more chance of the ball hitting the bat-wicket) or have six wickets on each side.
the batsman has to use the wicket (bat the size of wicket) to hit the ball.
there should be a no run (like no ball) if the batsman gets out of the crease to hit the ball.
All players (including bowlers) needs to bat (to end an innings), like wise you will need everyone to bowl (even the batsman!) to end an innings.
like a free hit, you need to have instances when the batsman stands aside and allows the bowler to ball at the wickets to get him out. (one can always find a reason when the bowler has to get a free hit at the wickets!)
the bowler can choose from a set of red, pink, white, tennis balls like the batsman changing his bat depending on what he wants to do (defend or hit etc)
(to even out with the reverse sweep) for each delivery the bowler can choose a ball of his choice without letting the batsman know what he has chosen
Like fielding restriction, there should be restriction on where the batsman should not hit in the first 10 overs (say no hitting behind the wickets).
The bowler should be allowed to bowl one of two steps after the crease (to counter the batsman stepping out of the crease to hot the ball)
Like (In one day) number of overs restricted per bowler we should have a restricted number of balls faced by a batsman

any many more.

Unless we do these changes the game of cricket is going to be a biased game always in favour of the person with the bat (I can not really say batsman, because these days even the bowlers are having a blast with the bat).

BTW, bowlers are also to be cheered more often like the batsmen.

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