McDermott rejoins Australia as coach

Former Australia fast bowler Craig McDermott has been recalled to coach Darren Lehmann's backroom staff ahead of the winter Ashes series.

McDermott, 48, quit his job as Australia's bowling coach last year, but now returns as Test bowling coach.

The first match of the five-Test series between Australia and England starts in Brisbane on 21 November.

McDermott said: "I'll work as hard as possible to prepare our bowlers for the challenge ahead."

Born in Ipswich, Queensland in April 1965 Made his Test debut against West Indies in December 1984 Played his last Test match against Sri Lanka in January 1996 Took 291 wickets in 71 Tests Replaced Troy Cooley as Australia bowling coach in May 2011 Resigned from the role exactly one year later Took job as Ireland bowling coach ahead of the World Twenty20 in September 2012 The Queenslander, who took 291 wickets in 71 Tests for Australia between 1984 and 1996, added: "I'm very happy to be in a position to join the Australian coaching set-up again and I look forward to working closely with Darren Lehmann.

"There is obviously a huge focus on regaining the Ashes this summer."

McDermott cited a busy schedule as the reason for his departure last May.

Four months later, he coached Ireland's bowlers for the World Twenty20.

Ali de Winter - who was appointed as McDermott's replacement in August 2012 - will look after Australia's bowlers for the one-day and Twenty20 internationals.

Lehmann believes the split approach will give McDermott more time to help Australia wrestle back the Ashes urn from England, who retained them this summer with a 3-0 series win.

"It's great that Craig is now in a position to be involved again," said Lehmann.

"It also means we are able to allow Ali to focus on the limited overs formats ahead of the ICC World T20 and 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup which are coming up quickly."

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Record-breaking India stun Australia

Second one-day international, Jaipur:

India 362-1 (43.3 overs) beat Australia 359-5 (50 overs) by nine wickets

India pulled off the second-highest run chase in one-day internationals to thrash Australia by nine wickets and level their series at 1-1.

The hosts surged to their target of 360 with 39 balls to spare as Virat Kohli smashed the fastest ODI century by an Indian from just 52 deliveries.

Rohit Sharma struck the winning runs to finish on 141 not out after Shikhar Dhawan weighed in with 95.

The highest run chase is South Africa's 438-9 against Australia in 2006.

India's previous highest successful pursuit was 330-4 to beat Pakistan in Dhaka in 2012.

"I'm not sure what to feel at the moment," said Australia captain George Bailey. "That was some pretty awesome batting.

"It felt like everything we tried with the ball just seemed to go harder and further."

438-9: South Africa v Australia, Johannesburg, 2006

362-1: India v Australia, Jaipur, 2013

350-9: NZ v Australia, Hamilton, 2007

340-5: NZ v Australia, Auckland, 2007

334-8: Australia v England, Sydney, 2011

Batting first, Australia piled up 359-5, with all of their top five passing 50 and Bailey top-scoring with 92 not out off 50 balls.

But India made a blistering start to their reply as Dhawan and Sharma put on 176 for the first wicket in only 26.1 overs.

Kohli upped the ante still further with a brutal knock that featured seven sixes and eight fours as he finished unbeaten on 100.

His innings eclipsed Virender Sehwag's 60-ball record for India and was the ninth-fastest one-day hundred of all-time.

"I just wanted to go out there and play my part," he said. "I was hitting the ball sweetly. I decided to take the pressure and whatever I went for I got in the middle of the bat.

"I've been feeling good mentally and I was fresh for this game. I was ready, and I knew if I held my shape I would connect well.

Kohli also paid tribute to 26-year-old Rohit Sharma, whose third one-day century included four sixes and 17 fours.

"Rohit is by far the best of the young lot as far as talent is concerned," said Kohli.

"Once he gets set and gets going it's very difficult to stop him. He's got every shot in the book and it was a delight to watch from the other end."

Australia won the first match of the series by 72 runs. The third one-dayer in a seven-match series takes place in Mohali on Saturday.

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