SYDNEY, Oct 30 AAP - Life after international cricket for Mark Waugh is set to follow a well-worn path into Channel Nine's cricket commentary team.

Nine director of Sport Gary Burns said discussions with Waugh's management begin tomorrow about him joining old team-mates Mark Taylor and Ian Healy behind the microphone.

"But I'm not sure he's a certainty this summer for the CCP (Central Commentary Position)," Burns said today.

"He's going to play first-class cricket for New South Wales this season and that goes on at the same time as the international season.

"He commentated in the mid-winter season here - the one dayers against Pakistan - and went pretty well I thought."

But Burns baulked at the idea Nine was keen to secure Waugh.

"Not that keen, we are full - fuller than a fat lady's sock really," Burns said.

"Nobody's going to join the commentary team while they are still playing, so he's going to have at least another season.

"But we're hoping we can work out a way we can see him guest commentating on appropriate matches.

"And don't forget the World Cup (in South Africa next year) for instance, we will have a major hosting and down stream operation back here in Sydney while that's all going on and I hope to see him involved in that."

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