Bangladesh were hoping to get some inside knowledge from MacGill, who took 208 wickets in 44 Tests for Australia, before their crucial home series against Steven Smith's team beginning later this month.

MacGill was expected to join another Australian, Mark O'Neill, in the backroom staff for duration of the matches.

"You know that our president (Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hassan) already cleared it that Stuart MacGill was our first choice as spin bowling coach," Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury told a press briefing in Dhaka.

"(But) for some of his personal reasons he cannot join the team at the moment.

"We will now go for our second or third option.

“We hope within a day or two we will be able to tell something about this.”

Bangladesh have been without a spin bowling coach since the BCB sacked Sri Lankan Ruwan Kalpage, who failed to report for duty following a deadly Islamist extremist attack at a Dhaka cafe in July last year.

Bangladesh, who offered MacGill a short-term deal for three months, are seeking to build on a year in which they recorded their maiden Test wins over England and Sri Lanka before reaching the Champions Trophy semi-final in June.

Australia are due to arrive in Dhaka tomorrow for their first Test series in the South Asian nation since 2006.

It will also be the first series Australia will play since a longstanding contract dispute with their national governing body came to an end earlier this month.

Around 230 players representing the men's and women's national teams along with state sides had effectively been on strike since June 30 over a pay disagreement in the new deals.