Zimbabwe Cricket has moved quickly to set up an independent committee to investigate claims that former captain Tatenda Taibu and the board's finance general manager Esther Lupepe were involved in a public row last week.

The argument, which took place at a Harare travel agent, is believed to have resulted from ZC declining to pay expenses claimed by Taibu from him taking his wife and son on the tour of Pakistan earlier in the year. He claims that ZC agreed to underwrite those costs but is now refusing to honour that commitment.

The committee was convened by Wilfred Mukondiwa, managing director Ozias Bvute's deputy. Bvute is currently abroad.

A source close to the board said that Mukondiwa is known as a fair but strict disciplinarian. He added that the committee, which has yet to be named, needed to be open and transparent because Lupepe is believed to be related to other board members.

It appears unlikely that Taibu will be left out of the squad for the tour of Canada and Kenya when it leaves for Toronto on Wednesday.