England coach Andy Flower believes the new Umpire Decision Referral System (URDS) features "illogical anomalies".

TV replays showed Kevin Pietersen was bowled off a no-ball by Morne Morkel in the first innings of the drawn first Test against South Africa in Centurion.

But the decision could not be reviewed under the current process.

"We have technology to call no-balls for every ball," Flower told BBC Radio 5 Live. "We see the evidence on TV but the batsman is back in the pavilion."

He added: "There are some illogical anomalies. If we are going to use it, then we should use it properly.

"I would prefer the umpire to make the decision and people get on with it.

"It seems we have gone way past that and can never go backwards. We've had experience with the system in the West Indies and it was pretty shambolic.

"It was nice and simple but the new system just seems to be leading to more and more complications."

The UDRS is an updated version of the TV referral system which was trialled during England's Test tour of the West Indies in January and February.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) approved the UDRS for Test matches in June following trials at domestic and international levels.

Under the rules, each side is allowed two unsuccessful challenges per innings in a system similar to that used in American football and tennis.

However, Pietersen was back in the pavilion when TV replays showed Morkel had overstepped the popping crease.

England lost seven of their on-field referrals in the first Test, while fast bowler Stuart Broad remonstrated with umpires Steve Davis and Aleem Dar following an lbw decision overturned by a South Africa referral, unhappy about the time taken to call for the third umpire's assistance.

"I don't like the system because it promotes this sort of disagreement with the umpires," added Flower.

"But in that case I do have a little sympathy with Stuart because there is this grey area of how much time teams can take to ask for the review and, in that instance, it did seem to take forever.

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"Equally, I have spoken to match referee Roshan Mahanama and Stuart. None of us want to see someone questioning the final decision by an umpire and Stuart has assured us that will not happen again."

Flower and his fellow selectors must decide whether to accommodate an extra bowler for the Durban Test, which starts on Boxing Day, or maintain a four-bowler attack with Ian Bell batting at six.

The Warwickshire batsman has been criticised for his first-innings dismissal in Centurion, when he was bowled playing no stroke to spinner Paul Harris, but Flower has backed the 27-year-old to come good.

"Belly got some runs in the pre-tour games, and I think he's feeling quite confident about the way he's playing," said the former Zimbabwe captain.

"He's just had a tough Test match. He made a misjudgment in the first innings and then got 'nicked off' in the second.

"But he's a high quality player, and we're backing him. I think he'll be fine."

South Africa have fitness concerns over fast bowler Dale Steyn, who missed the first Test with a hamstring strain.

Friedel de Wet, who impressed with five wickets in his debut Test, is in line to continue should Steyn fail to recover in time.

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