Re: ICC's bowls a bouncer to the bowlers
The Hawk Eye is not perfected yet. The subsequent path of the ball after hitting the person is subject to errors. A batsman should be allowed to appeal a LBW decision ONLY if he believes the ball hit the bat first. The decision should be referred to the TV umpire. The TV umpire would only rule whether the initial contact was with the bat or not. If yes, batsman is given NOT OUT. If there is no bat involved then the batsman is penalized 50% of his match fee and also given OUT.
(1) To me the HAWKEYE is still better than the NAKEDEYE
(2) I like your bat-before-pad suggestion. That is another thing very easy for the field umpire to miss.