"There will be no room for non-performers. We will take this year's national cricket league and other domestic fixtures very seriously. The performance in those competitions will be the main criteria for selection in the main team," said Faruque on Thursday.

The former national captain, who has been leading the four-man selection committee for over two years, said he never felt as frustrated as with the Tigers' performance in Sri Lanka.

"I was upset when the team played bad cricket in England in the Test series but there was a reason to accept that considering the difficult condition and the strength of the opponents. But Sri Lanka was not as difficult. We need to narrow the gap between us and the other teams," said Faruque who agreed with the observation of Bangladesh captain Habibul Bashar that the players were not the only ones to blame for the Lankan misadventure.

"Yes, of course. The coach and selectors are also responsible for the poor showing of the national team. Everybody knows that in the end players should implement everything on the field but we can not avoid responsibility as it is our duty to keep the team on the right track."

Faruque said the team should take the positives from their recent ODI triumphs over Australia and India into the longer version also.

"If you consider the number of ODIs we have won (seven out of the last 16) in the past ten months, you could say our performance was not so bad. But we should shift our attention to Test cricket because there we have been rather average. Our real problem lies in our attitude towards longer version cricket."

Faruque believed that the only way to overcome this shortcoming was through the first class matches in domestic competitions.

"The time has come to realise that we can rectify our mistakes only in the domestic competitions. Yes there are limitations with our only first class competition but I don't want to hear any excuses from the players. They should take it seriously if they want to get a place in the team.

"We have talked a lot about talent and potential. Without performance that talent means nothing. You should nurse your talent to be successful. I secretly wish the players, the officials, the media and the fans stopped talking about how talented an individual is."

Recently Bashar said that giving under-19 players Test caps and taking it back after a short exposure was not a good practice but Faruque had an explanation over the issue.

"I agree, but you should understand our position. When we played as an associate member of the ICC, the fitness issue was not as important as it is now. The under 19s have the best level of fitness in our country so considering the intensity of the games you have to pick them from time to time especially when senior players have fitness problems."

Despite the frustrations Faruque believed that it was still possible to get things back on track in a short period.

"We have no scope to look back because we are in the elite club. But we should rethink our strategy to improve the performance graph. I can assure you that I will discuss with my colleagues to rectify our mistakes in the selection procedure also."