Umpiring, ICC helpless?

Most recently, there has been a lot of talk about neutral umpiring because of the bad decisions being made particularly by Aussie Umpires in most recent times which cost Pakistan a test match while India a humiliating defeat.
Australian umpires, in the Pakistan vs Australia and India vs Australia (incomplete yet) have not at all brought good name for themselves in particular and their country in general.

In the second test match, at Hobart, between Pakistan and Australia, the umpire did not gave Justin Langer out who along with Adam Gilchrist won the match for Australia. There was a clear nick which was clearly heard by everyone and the Snick-o-Meter also verified the dismissal but the umpire just for the sake of compensation of his last innings wrong decision, did not gave him out which most people would say surely cost Pakiz the match and some might say also the series.

Now in Australia vs India, the first test match there was another controversial decision of Tendulkar by Daryl Harper which re-raised the appeal of having neutral umpires at both ends.

The issue at hand is whether Tendulkar was out lbw when he ducked into a Glenn McGrath bouncer which failed to lift (taking his eye off totally off the ball, a poor lack of technique from the "world's best batsman"). The ball hit the ducking Tendulkar on his shoulder in line with the stumps. The Australians appealed, and Adelaide umpire Daryl Harper raised his finger.

The Aussies are giving their arguments in the favour of the dismissal that the ball would have hit the stumps while Indian refusing to accept so arguments.

Apart from these two recent controversial decisions, there has been some real poor umpiring by Steve Bucknor who was umpiring in England vs South Africa test match. The gentlemen belonging to West Indies really made a mess of his reputation who is (now some might say, "was") considered as the one of the best umpire right now.

Before that, it was Pakistani Umpire in India vs England match in the World Cup 1999 who gave Graham Thorpe lbw to a ball which was clearly going down the leg side bowled from Srinath. English team could not qualify for the super six stage because of this decision. In the earlier part of the year, Pakistan vs India test series, Indian umpires also made some very bad decisions that helped India to win the match and Kumble to get 10 wickets in a single innings.

source: http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/cricket/30257/2