Clark buoyant as big changes brew for women cricketers

Profound change is coming to the powerful Australian women's cricket team, but Belinda Clark sees no cause for alarm.

The iconic former national captain, freshly elevated to legend status at the Sport Australia Hall Of Fame, likewise sees the World Cup semi-final loss to India last month as more a case of bad timing.

The Australian women have dominated world cricket for several years, but captain Alyssa Healy and fellow star Ellyse Perry are 35.

When they retire it will be a generational shakeup, similar to when Meg Lanning suddenly retired two years ago and handed over the leadership role to Healy.

Clark said at Monday night's Hall Of Fame function there are several strong captaincy candidates in the team, led by vice-captain Tahlia McGrath and Ashleigh Gardner.

She also agreed some "once-in-a-generation" players will soon have to be replaced.

"There's a lot of great young talent, but you don't replace that experience quickly," Clark told AAP.

"We need to be a little bit patient with that, as it rolls around.

"Depending on how adventurous the selectors want to be, I think there are a number of (captaincy) candidates.

"It depends how they want to approach this next phase. Those two (McGrath and Gardner) are probably at the front of the queue."

Clark noted Annabel Sutherland, Phoebe Litchfield, Georgia Wareham and Sophie Molineux are younger teammates who have captaincy experience.

Of those, only Molineux is not currently captaining a WBBL team.

"So they do have choice. I come back to great teams cope with these transitions and they have senior players who jump in and help where required," Clark added.

"Wherever they go, I'm confident they have capability inside the group to manage it."

It would be no surprise if the new captain was to offer Clark a coffee so the incoming skipper could pick one of the sharpest minds in cricket.

If asked for advice, Clark would stress the need to form a strong relationship with head coach Shelley Nitschke, and also be prepared to delegate.

"Use the people around you and you'll be fine - and make sure your own performances stay pretty schmick as well," Clark said.

She said the team would be in the midst of a post-World Cup review, but added Australia's semi-final loss was not the end of the world and India's title win would prove beneficial to the game.

"We just had a bad game at the wrong time," Clark said.

"From a world game perspective, it's great that India (won) - people have been waiting for and wanting this moment.

"It will open up a whole range of opportunities for the sport. When we look back in 10 years' time, we'll say 'that was a watershed moment'.

"It's just a little bit hard to swallow now, from an Australian perspective."