ICC president David Morgan has vowed to resolve "as quickly as possible" where Pakistan's share of the 2011 World Cup matches should be moved to.
Talks between representatives of the four host countries - Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan - Morgan and ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat took place at Lord's on Monday.
But no resolution could be found, with discussions now set to continue on Friday in a bid to reach a resolution.
An ICC statement read: "No decision was reached on a recommendation to the ICC board concerning possible locations for those matches but discussions are now ongoing and will continue when Mr Morgan meets with ICC vice-president Sharad Pawar and PCB chairman Ijaz Butt in London on 19 June."
The talks came after the ICC moved Pakistan's share of matches out of the country in April due to safety concerns, and also shifted the World Cup secretariat from Lahore to Mumbai.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) responded by sending the ICC a legal notice challenging the decision, indicating that the ICC executive board had no powers to strip a country of hosting rights, and wanted the matter resolved by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Meeting
But the ICC insisted the executive board was empowered to make such a decision and called for representatives of the host nations to get together in Dubai on June 3 in a bid to solve the issue out of court.
But that meeting was postponed until Monday at Lord's, after which Morgan vowed to have the matter resolved as soon as possible.
He said: "I'm pleased we were able to come together today in a spirit of cooperation to further the process of finding a resolution to this matter.
"We had constructive discussions and I will look to follow them through with Mr Pawar and Mr Butt in the coming days so we can identify the best means of coming up with a recommendation on where the matches originally scheduled to take place in Pakistan can be held.
"There was a great deal of sympathy within the meeting for Pakistan's position as the issues its cricket administrators face are completely beyond their control.
"What we need to do is to settle this matter as quickly as possible within the ICC family as we need to press on with our preparations for the ICC Cricket World Cup, which is less than two years away."
The four hosts confirmed their understanding of the ICC board's previous decision, that Pakistan remains a co-host and retains its host fees for the 14 matches originally scheduled to take place there.
Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka all accepted that if they were to host any of those 14 matches that they would not be due any fee for hosting them.
The PCB agreed that any legal proceedings already launched against the ICC would remain on hold pending further discussions.
Talks between representatives of the four host countries - Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan - Morgan and ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat took place at Lord's on Monday.
But no resolution could be found, with discussions now set to continue on Friday in a bid to reach a resolution.
An ICC statement read: "No decision was reached on a recommendation to the ICC board concerning possible locations for those matches but discussions are now ongoing and will continue when Mr Morgan meets with ICC vice-president Sharad Pawar and PCB chairman Ijaz Butt in London on 19 June."
The talks came after the ICC moved Pakistan's share of matches out of the country in April due to safety concerns, and also shifted the World Cup secretariat from Lahore to Mumbai.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) responded by sending the ICC a legal notice challenging the decision, indicating that the ICC executive board had no powers to strip a country of hosting rights, and wanted the matter resolved by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Meeting
But the ICC insisted the executive board was empowered to make such a decision and called for representatives of the host nations to get together in Dubai on June 3 in a bid to solve the issue out of court.
But that meeting was postponed until Monday at Lord's, after which Morgan vowed to have the matter resolved as soon as possible.
He said: "I'm pleased we were able to come together today in a spirit of cooperation to further the process of finding a resolution to this matter.
"We had constructive discussions and I will look to follow them through with Mr Pawar and Mr Butt in the coming days so we can identify the best means of coming up with a recommendation on where the matches originally scheduled to take place in Pakistan can be held.
"There was a great deal of sympathy within the meeting for Pakistan's position as the issues its cricket administrators face are completely beyond their control.
"What we need to do is to settle this matter as quickly as possible within the ICC family as we need to press on with our preparations for the ICC Cricket World Cup, which is less than two years away."
The four hosts confirmed their understanding of the ICC board's previous decision, that Pakistan remains a co-host and retains its host fees for the 14 matches originally scheduled to take place there.
Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka all accepted that if they were to host any of those 14 matches that they would not be due any fee for hosting them.
The PCB agreed that any legal proceedings already launched against the ICC would remain on hold pending further discussions.
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