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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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