Frontrunners
Justin Langer: Long been earmarked as Lehmann's successor. Most people expected the baton to be passed after the 2019 Ashes, but the cheating scandal has thrown the plans of Cricket Australia (CA) into chaos. The former Test opener coached the national side when Lehmann skipped an ODI tour of the West Indies in 2016, while he has mentored Western Australia in recent years. Once described the role of coach - when it comes to managing behaviour - as a mix of policeman, headmaster, parent and mate.
Ricky Ponting: CA has long wanted the nation's all-time leading run-scorer to coach more, but Ponting has been reluctant to spend time away from his young family in recent years. Lehmann's outpouring of emotion after he and and his family "copped a lot of abuse over the last week" may do little to change that mindset. The former skipper has been floated as the nation's Twenty20 coach, having done a stellar job in a couple of short-term consultant stints plus won an Indian Premier League title with Mumbai.The current crisis may prompt James Sutherland to split the job in two and appoint a red-ball coach and white-ball coach, an idea Lehmann flagged last year.
Other options
Jason Gillespie: Coached the Adelaide Strikers to their maiden Big Bash League title earlier this year, while he has also served as a consultant coach for CA in the past. The former Test paceman, who played alongside Lehmann at both South Australia and Australia, recently insisted he has every intention to honour a three-year deal with English side Sussex. Lehmann's resignation may force a rethink from Gillespie, who went close before ultimately losing to Trevor Bayliss in the race to be England's new coach on the eve of the 2015 Ashes.
Trevor Bayliss: Contracted to coach England until 2019, but could come up in discussions - especially if there is a white-ball gig to fill. England were smashed 4-0 in the recent Ashes, but belted Australia 4-1 in the ensuing ODI series and are set to be World Cup favourites when they host the tournament next year. The Goulburn-raised coach is highly respected by by many Australians in the Test XI, having mentored NSW and the Sydney Sixers in the past.
International outsiders
Mike Hesson: Lehmann suggested his side, desperate to clean up their image and win over the Australian public, could do a lot worse than behaving like New Zealand. If Sutherland wants to go down that path then he should call the man in charge of that team. Hesson never played first-class cricket but worked his way up the coaching ranks and was appointed by New Zealand Cricket in 2012, shortly after resigning as coach of Kenya because of security issues. One problem is NZ's longest-serving cricket coach is contracted until next year's World Cup.
Anil Kumble: The former legspinner was appointed coach of his homeland in 2016 and played a key role in India's 19-Test undefeated streak and associated hold on the world No.1 ranking. Axed in 2017 because captain Virat Kohli wanted him out. Kumble's 619 Test wickets says plenty about his cricket brain. Hiring one of the protagonists in the 'monekygate' saga would upset a lot of people and is unlikely to considered, but he'd be a handy trump card to play when India arrive in Australia for a four-Test series later this year.
Able assistants
David Saker: The side's bowling coach filled in as head coach during an ODI tour of India last year. Lacks the profile of some of the other names on this list, but has previously made it clear he would one day love to take the reins.
Brad Haddin: The former wicketkeeper has been Australia's fielding coach for a tick over six months. Almost certainly hasn't served a long enough apprenticeship to get the top job, but his coaching skills are well regarded by many and - as the past week has proved - anything can happen.
