Zimbabwe Cricket Union chief executive Vincent Hogg has met with former captain Heath Streak in a bid to settle the differences that led to his exit.
According to the ZCU, Streak gave it an ultimatum to restructure the national selection panel or he would quit.
The board rejected his demands and said Streak had resigned from playing at all levels in the country.
Streak insists he did not resign, nor threaten to do so, though Hogg declined to give details of the meeting.
Over the weekend, the ZCU appeared to rule out ever picking Streak again by saying he had retired "from all forms of cricket".
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After Heath Streak, there was no one else there capable of captaining the side
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Former captain David Houghton
"He wanted us to reduce the number of selectors to four. We currently have five.
"He wanted us to have selectors who had played either Test or first-class cricket," said chairman Peter Chingoka.
"That's out of his jurisdiction. It's not for him to say who can be on the selection panel or how many selectors there should be or what other responsibilities a selector can or cannot have."
Wicket-keeper Tatenda Taibu, Streak's deputy, has been elevated to the captaincy.
The 20-year-old is the country's first black captain and will become the youngest captain in Test history when he leads Zimbabwe in the first Test against Sri Lanka in Harare next month.