Former Australian Twenty20 captain George Bailey has reportedly won the race to join the three-man national selection panel.

Still playing in the Sheffield Shield for Tasmania, his appointment – set to be announced this week – marks a shift for Cricket Australia.

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Bailey, 37, will fill the vacancy left by the 71-year-old coaching veteran Greg Chappell.

CA has rarely had a selector with such recent playing experience, though Michael Clarke had a fraught stint on an expanded panel during his time as Australian captain.

But Bailey's relevance and understanding of the modern game is partly behind his employment, with T20 cricket to form a significant part of his portfolio.

Mark Waugh, a Test and ODI star through the 1990s, combined Big Bash League commentary with the role of lead T20 selector before he stepped down last year.

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Bailey had been locked in a battle with fellow domestic stalwart Michael Klinger to work alongside chief selector Trevor Hohns and national coach Justin Langer.

"The panel, and all three, will be responsible for all Australian men's teams," CA national teams boss Ben Oliver said on Monday, before reports of Bailey's appointment emerged.

"What we've tried to achieve in this recruitment process is adding in some complementary skills to support Trevor and Justin and one of those is a consideration around short-format cricket."

Klinger is instead expected to replace Andrew McDonald as the Melbourne Renegades' BBL coach.

The highly regarded McDonald was recently appointed Langer's senior assistant coach, adding more T20 acumen to the setup ahead of next year's World Cup.

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Bailey could yet remain available to play for Tasmania and in the Hobart Hurricanes' BBL squad this summer.

His appointment following an interview on Sunday comes after he was helped along by Australian Test captain and state teammate Tim Paine.

"In last week's Shield game he was batting at five, I was batting at seven, so we were both sitting in the change rooms and set up a mock interview," Paine said on ABC radio last week.

"He's ready to go so hopefully he gets the nod, I think he'd be ideal."

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Usman Khawaja, who missed selection for the current two-Test series against Pakistan, hardly needed prompting when asked his thoughts on the player-selector arrangement.

"Like a current domestic player? Like George Bailey or something? I think there is always an option there," he said.

"There is no one more involved and more relevant in the game than people who are actually playing the game.

"Players are one of the biggest stakeholders, sometimes the most under-utilised and undervalued stakeholders in the game. It's always important to have someone who still has some skin in the game."

- with AAP