ICC must pay up to improve technology, says Marsh Australian Cricketers' Association chief Paul Marsh has called on the International Cricket Council to invest more money in improving the technology used in the decision review system and believes it's time the governing body re-evaluated its neutral umpires policy. As Cricket Australia sought a please-explain from the ICC over the howler involving Usman Khawaja, Marsh said the ICC needed to stop relying on the TV broadcaster for footage, the quality of which varies around the world. Kumar Dharmasena's decision not to overturn Tony Hill's caught-behind verdict against Khawaja sparked an outcry on social media where numerous former players voiced their astonishment. Even Prime Minister Kevin Rudd weighed in, describing it as "one of the worst cricket umpiring decisions I have ever seen." Marsh, who remains a fan of the DRS, accepted technology was not to blame for the latest controversy but said it was time for the ICC to dip into its own pockets for the sake of the game. "It's got to invest in this, if they're serious about taking this controversy out of the game," Marsh said. They've relied too long on the broadcaster for this technology. In my view, Channel Nine's coverage is the benchmark. They should be trying to get every board and every broadcaster in the world using the same technology. Marsh believes the footage provided by UK broadcaster Sky Sports had contributed to the furore this series surrounding DRS. "DRS in many respects is going to live or die by the quality of the technology," Marsh said. This is a problem in the world game at the moment. You've got such varying quality of production around the world. Unless the technology is spot-on you will have issues with it, and I think that's one of the issues in this series - that Sky's production and camera work isn't as good as it should be. In saying that, I think that was a massive human error last night. Marsh said Dharmasena, who is the ICC's umpire of the year, deserved to be axed from the next Test for making such a big mistake. But with the ICC not allowing umpires to officiate in matches involving their country, that would leave only three members of the ICC's 12-man elite umpires panel available for the final two Tests of the series. "This is the biggest Test series in world cricket, and it is time to review the neutral umpire policy," Marsh said. If the best umpires are from England or Australia, and with all this technology it's time to give serious consideration to that. There's been too many poor decisions in this series so far. CA made the rare move of lodging an official complaint after Dharmasena's refusal to overrule Khawaja's referral. In our view, the on-field decision and referred decision using DRS were both incorrect," CA chief James Sutherland said in a statement issued after play. CA remains a strong supporter of DRS, and believes it is important that cricket continues to improve and build confidence in the DRS. We understand and accept that from time to time mistakes can be made, however in this instance, on behalf of the player, the team and all cricket fans, we feel duty-bound to seek further explanation as to how this decision was arrived at. Khawaja's error was more serious than the one that allowed Stuart Broad to survive a clear edge at Trent Bridge because on that occasion only the on-ground umpire had erred, with Australia out of reviews and unable to challenge that decision. [Khawaja] said he didn't hit it, and I said he didn't hit it. And that was about it," said Chris Rogers, who was at the other end when Khawaja was given out by Hill. The umpire must have had a different view on it but I thought it was not out, and that's why we reviewed it. From what we saw on the replays, I think even the England guys had given up hope of it being out. Rogers, who correctly declined to review his own lbw dismissal by Graeme Swann in a call that Hill got right, said the Khawaja episode was "another question mark" on the DRS. Total votes: 12393. Poll closes in 3 days.