The plan would enable the new coach to have more control over the team's culture once the reviews into the game are completed, and avoid a fly in, fly out situation. Australia is not due to play a Test until a tour of the Middle East to play Pakistan in September and October, which will also feature limited-overs games. Australia's T20 team plays series against South Africa and India in late November before the start of the Test season.

CA has appointed The Ethics Centre, the organisation behind last year's damning report of the Australian Olympic Committee, to run a far-reaching review in the wake of the ball tampering scandal in South Africa. The review will intensify scrutiny on chief executive James Sutherland, who believes he is still the person to lead Australian cricket after the recent tumult. Sutherland, however, retains strong support from the board and last month signed off on a new $1.2 billion TV deal.

The inquiry will run alongside Rick McCosker's player-led review, which will look into the culture of the national men's team. Test captain Tim Paine, Pat Cummins and the yet to be named national coach are part of a six-person panel. Cummins' participation, alongside respected veteran George Bailey, retired international Shane Watson, who is the players union's nominee, and Ashes-winning captain Rachael Haynes, is a sign senior CA figures have the 24-year-old firmly in mind for a leadership position.

The board is yet to name a vice-captain for Paine, while an announcement on who will replace Steve Smith and David Warner as leaders of the ODI team will not be made until the squad for England is named, possibly next week. Aaron Finch is considered the frontrunner for that role.