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."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."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."
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