Greg Chappell could be full-time selector

MORE than two decades after resigning as a Test selector, cricket great Greg Chappell may be poised for a shock reappearance as Australia's first full-time selector.

The former Test skipper and ex-Indian national coach will be interviewed in Melbourne this week for the newly created position which includes the role as national talent identification guru.

Current selection boss Andrew Hilditch has not applied for the wide-ranging job but will remain as chairman of the selection panel until at least the end of the World Cup in the subcontinent next year.

The selection panel shake-up is another sign of the winds of change that are sweeping through Australian cricket.

Hilditch has won high praise for guiding Australia through generational change, including rebuilding the team after the retirements of Shane Warne, Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden.

But he has also come under heavy public criticism for juggling his selection role and his high-powered job as an Adelaide lawyer.

Chappell is currently coach at the Centre of Excellence in Brisbane and the 62-year-old's vast experience and unparalleled cricket pedigree should make him the frontrunner for the new role, which includes being a media spokesman for the selection panel.

Country before IPL says Clarke

AUSTRALIA vice-captain Michael Clarke believes cricketers must make wiser career choices before they complain about the demands made on them by a hectic schedule.

On the day Mike Hussey and Doug Bollinger belatedly joined the Australian squad after winning the Twenty20 Champions League with Chennai in South Africa, Clarke spoke firmly about the fact that players could dictate their own career path.

The 29-year-old has been arguably the most high-profile player in the world not participating in the lucrative Indian Premier League, preferring to concentrate on representing his country around the world and spending the remainder of his time at home.

"For me we all have a choice, you don't have to play IPL, you don't have to play Champions League," Clarke said on Tuesday.

"For me personally right now it's about representing my country, and every game I have to play for Australia, I'm going to do that - that's my priority.

"The toughest thing for them getting used to the conditions is in the pitch, change of format and then how hot it is," he said.

"But the guys just played the three-day practice game and that was our first game and a lot of the guys performed there.

"I don't see any reason why Dougy and Huss can't come straight in, they've both got experience in Indian conditions, so I'm very confident they'll be fine with a couple of training days under their belt.

"Who knows what's going to happen with Champions League, IPL and then your Test series, how things coincide, but for this tour we've got to accept it, it's not ideal, but as long as the guys are fresh it also about getting yourself fit and as well prepared as you can."