England's hopes of drawing their Test series with Australia were dealt a potentially fatal blow when Steve Taufel failed to give Michael Slater run out when he appeared to be short of his ground.

Slater, on 35 at the time, went on to make 123 out of a total of 184, leaving the tourists needing an imposing 287 to win at the Sydney Cricket Ground and move level at 2-2.

Alec Stewart's men may yet triumph but if they do not, the decision by Taufel will be identified as the major turning point in the deciding Test.

However, the ICC are rejecting suggestions they should pump money into a scheme to set up four fixed cameras level with the wickets at each side of the ground.

The ICC's cricket operations manager, Clive Hitchcock, said: "We're not looking to fund it at this stage.

"There's a huge cost involved in doing it. Some countries are going down that road and providing square angle cameras at each end - South Africa have that and it's sponsored by Panasonic.

"It's something that we're working on because some countries provide better facilities than others and we're looking to see if we can make it standard across the board.

"But it's the responsibility of the home board to provide camera angles in liaison with the host broadcaster and at this stage, we're not looking to fund it ourselves."

Repeated television replays made it seem Slater was short of his crease after the stumps were broken by Dean Headley's direct hit from deep mid-on.

He was given the benefit of the doubt but even the Australian opener believes it is time for more cameras to be used to stop similar controversies.

"If you're going to have the third umpire, then get the cameras in place so it's conclusive," he said.

"If there's a camera on the other side of the ground square-on, there's no doubt you would know one way or the other.