The International Cricket Council (ICC) hearing on alleged racism in Zimbabwean cricket was scrapped in Harare on Thursday after the Zimbabwe Cricket Union (ZCU) and the players who accuse its officials of racist behaviour reached a stalemate.
One of the members of the ICC panel, South African high court judge Steven Majiedt, told reporters the hearing had been called off "because of the inflexible attitudes of both parties".
Majiedt said the panel would rely on evidence from written submissions to compile its report.
The in-camera hearing started on Wednesday and was scheduled to continue until Friday.
However, proceedings were adjourned shortly after the first witness testified on Wednesday when the ICC panel ruled in favour of an application by Chris Venturas, the lawyer representing the players, that three administrators should not be present to hear witnesses' testimony.
The administrators were ZCU board members Ozias Bvute and Max Ebrahim, and the chairman of the provincial Mashonaland Cricket Association, Tavengwa Mkuhlani.
Venturas argued that witnesses would be intimidated by their presence as some of the claims of racism would be made against the three men.
The ICC panel, which consists of Majiedt and India's Solicitor General, Goolam Vahanvati, granted the application in the interests of proceeding with the hearing.
The ZCU refused to accept the decision and the hearing was adjourned with the ZCU and the players expected to try to find a way forward overnight.
But the two sides did not meet on Wednesday night and on Thursday morning the ICC panel called off the hearing.
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