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Give bowlers same leeway as batsmen

CRICKET has certainly come a long way with the use of technology to ascertain the correct decisions for batsmen.
Now the technology should extend to bowlers. Surely it would not be beyond television to line up the popping crease for no-balls (a la Wimbledon tennis). A beep would be heard by the bowler’s end umpire who would then call the no-ball.
I make this observation with regard to the final Ashes match when two decisions went against England. The first was an LBW decision which resulted in the demise of Alastair Cook, given out by the smallest possible margin. The second was the t...

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