Stuart Clark to choose between being chief executive of Sydney Big Bash franchise and his playing career

Bright Blue ... university-educated Clark is considering his options.

Former Test seamer Stuart Clark has to make the biggest decision of his sporting life, choosing between an offer to be chief executive of the new Sydney Big Bash franchise and his playing career.

The Australian is reporting Clark, another former Test player John Dyson and two others were interviewed for the job, but that pair are the favoured candidates.

NSW will have two sides in the revamped competition with the "Sixers" based at the SCG and the "Thunder" at Homebush.

Dyson, who is the chairman of selectors and talent manager at NSW, is in line for the job with the Thunder and Clark the Sixers.

The Blues, like Victoria, have to create two new team structures within the state organisation to run the sides, with everything duplicated and at an arm's length from the main state side whose chief executive is Dave Gilbert.

Clark, who has a commerce degree and is doing a post-graduate law degree, is believed to be leaning towards playing another season with the Blues.

He was NSW captain in the absence of Simon Katich and is passionate about state cricket and a critic of its current state.

Clark did not want to discuss the new job on Sunday but confirmed he had been interviewed.

"I want to play another year of cricket and I want to go to the Champions League," Clark said. "Who knows what I might do after cricket? I must say I like the idea of just bagging blokes in the paper for a living, so that might be my future."

While the team names and colours have all been revealed, not a lot of detail for the competition which begins in December has been finalised.

The Melbourne Stars, which are based at the MCG, and Renegades, to be based at Docklands, have announced their chief executives will be Clint Cooper and Geoff Miles respectively.

Darren Lehmann has accepted a job as coach of the Brisbane Heat.

The Big Bash arrangements have been slowed by a number of issues, including private investment in the major sides. NSW and Victoria are angry that the competition wants to take a large slice of the revenue it raises to put back into the common pool.

The other major problem is deciding which players will play with which sides and that cannot be decided until the stalled contract negotiations between the Australian Cricketers Association and Cricket Australia is solved.

ACA boss Paul Marsh said the inability of the CA board, which is hamstrung by the parochial and competing interests of the states who control the board, to bed down the various elements of the Big Bash is an "indictment on the governance of cricket in Australia".

The Indian cricket board revealed on Saturday that it would not allow any of its players from the senior or domestic levels to compete in the Big Bash.

While the country's Test schedule clashed with the tournament, it was hoped some specialist Twenty20 players could be lured across, but the BCCI insists its domestic tournament takes precedence.

The Big Bash sides will operate under a salary cap and will not have the money to lure top-name players like the Indian Premier League but has got good mileage in its original format from West Indians such as Chris Gayle and Kieron Pollard.

While Clark faces a number of options next year, The Australian has reported that Australia's fielding coach Mike Young does not.

The former baseballer has worked with the Test team since 2000 but has not had his contract renewed. He is one of the first to lose his position under a review being conducted into the state of Australian cricket.