LAHORE, April 10: The much-awaited meeting of Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) ad hoc committee, first after the World Cup debacle, failed to take any significant decision on Tuesday.

The meeting, presided over by the PCB Chairman Dr Nasim Ashraf, held a four-hour discussion.

“I think I have nothing to make headlines as the ad hoc committee discussed at length about new captain, selectors and coach but it could not arrive at any conclusion,” Dr Nasim told reporters at a press briefing.

The chairman, however, hoped all the decisions would have been taken well before the committee’s next meeting, to be held on May 7. “We have drawn our policy in picking captain and others and accordingly we will definitely complete the task of new appointments by May 7,” he insisted.

Asked there were reports Younis Khan was unwilling to accept the captaincy due to player-power, the chairman said: “We have given him a clear policy to think and think again, before taking a final decision. And definitely an unwilling man will not be our choice.

Elaborating the decision taken by the committee regarding the new skipper, the PCB chairman said: “It is a consensus that the next captain will have to justify his place in the team, he must be 100 per cent fit and must have leadership qualities.”

Asked if the same criterion was set for the other players, and if so, if Inzamam-ul-Haq had chances to get a place, Dr Nasim said he would not like to mention any player, but added that everyone would have to abide by the policy.

He said an internal committee had been set up to seek a coach for the national team, adding it was a wrong perception that no foreign coach was willing to join the Pakistan squad.

“There are many coaches willing to join Pakistan but we are giving preference to a local individual,” he said.

He informed that various names were considered for the appointment of new selectors by the committee.

“The new selectors will be Test cricketers, of higher integrity, having the ability to take strong decisions, and they will get the remuneration,” he said.

Dr Nasim reiterated that discipline would be PCB’s top priority, adding there would be zero-tolerance policy on this subject.

He said the ad hoc committee thoroughly discussed Pakistan’s performance in the World Cup, a step which would help them take better decisions in future.

Dr Nasim stated Pakistan manager Talat Ali also briefed the committee, besides handing over his tour report.

He said Pakistan could play a three-match One-day International series against Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi from May 10, adding that the hosts were making arrangements for the series and after the go-ahead signal from them the two countries would play.

He said P.J. Mir, who was Pakistan’s media manager at the World Cup, had no more association with the PCB after the mega event. “P.J. Mir’s press statements from now onwards are not taken as those from a PCB official,” the PCB boss clarified.

He expressed that the ad hoc committee, while paying tribute to coach Bob Woolmer, also passed a resolution to condole his death.