A push for state associations to have a greater input in the development of Australia's next generation of players, coaches and umpires appears to have been successful, with Cricket Australia confirming it would split the team-performance role into two positions.

CA has released details of the revised role that had been held by Pat Howard until he quit in November, part of the fallout of the damning Longstaff review into the events that are claimed to have contributed to the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa.

Pat Howard was a controversial high-performance boss. Credit:Anthony Johnson

After considerable consultation with the states and key cricketing figures, CA has divided the important position into two. There will be an executive general manager of high performance and an executive general manager of national teams, the latter also given the task of having teams conduct themselves "in a way that makes Australians proud".

Former Australian captain Mark Taylor, former star batsman Dean Jones, Sheffield Shield great Jamie Cox and WACA high-performance chief Ben Oliver are some of the names that have been linked to the roles.