John Buchanan announced today that he will not be renewing his coaching contract with Cricket Australia, which expires after the World Cup next year.
The current favourite to replace Buchanan is Tim Nielsen, one of Australia's assistant coaches and the head coach of Australia A.
Greg Chappell (India) and Tom Moody (Sri Lanka) have also been mentioned, though I believe they have years to go on their current contracts with their respective countries.
In the seven hours since the announcement, former NSW and New Zealand coach Steve Rixon has declared his desire for the top job.
My preference is to see someone like Rod Marsh take the reins, but he has unfortunately taken a job with the ICC in Dubai. Given Marsh's achievements at the Australia and England Cricket Academies, I think he would do a fantastic job with the national team, during a time where our big name players retire and new, inexperienced blokes come in.
For those wondering why I have not blogged about the Hair/Pakistan/$500,000 issue, it is because I haven't seen the footage and think the coverage has been done to death by the international media.
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