Australia’s Shane Warne wants his team’s next coach to have international playing experience to bring on the country's next generation of players.

Australia will be looking for a new national coach after April's World Cup in the West Indies, following confirmation on Monday that incumbent John Buchanan will be looking to stand down after seven years at the helm.

“I don’t have a preference but I would like to see someone in the job who has international playing experience and understands actually what the guys are going through,” Warne said.

The 36-year-old added there was a need for a team manager, rather than coach, to have the access to call in cricket experts to help the players. “We've gone through a stage where someone like John Buchanan thinks outside the box. Now we need a coach who has a cricket background,” he said.

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