ICC announced Ambassadors for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

ICC announced Ambassadors for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

International Cricket Council (ICC) on 13 November 2014 announced appointment of its ambassadors for ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2015.The ambassadors for ICC CWC 2015 includes 
• India’s - Virat Kohli
• Australia fast-bowler - Mitchell Johnson
• New Zealand captain - Brendon McCullum
• Sri Lanka’s former captain - Kumar Sangakkara 
• Australia’s - Shane Watson

About ICC Cricket World Cup 2015
The ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 will start on 14 February 2015 with New Zealand taking on Sri Lanka in a day match in Christchurch and co-host Australia will face England in a day/night match in Melbourne.

Melbourne will also host the final on 29 March 2015. A total of 49 matches will be played across 14 venues, seven in Australia (Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney) and seven in New Zealand (Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton, Napier, Nelson and Wellington)
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Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma scored the highest ODI score ever of 264

Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma scored the highest ODI score ever of 264

The Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma on 13 November 2014 scored the highest ODI score ever of 264 runs. The score of 264 runs is also the second-highest List A score.



With this he became the only cricketer to score two Double ODI centuries and also broke the record of highest ODI score of 219 runs made by Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag.

He achieved this distinction during the 4th ODI between India and Sri Lanka played at Kolkata.

He took only 173 balls to score 264 runs that included 33 fours and 9 sixes.

He was on 4 off 16 when he was dropped by Thisara Perera. He got to his 50 off 72, 100 off 100, 150 off 125, 200 off 151 and 250 off 166.

His first double ODI century came against Australia in Bangalore on 3 November 2013 when he had scored 209 runs.

Microsoft launched Lumia 535 with 5-Megapixel Front Camera

Microsoft on 11 November 2014 launched Microsoft Lumia 535 with 5-megapixel front camera. Lumia 535 is the first smartphone launched by Microsoft with its own branding since it completed the acquisition of Nokia in April 2014.

The Microsoft Lumia 535 will be available in two variants - single SIM and dual-SIM, called the Lumia 535 Dual SIM. It is priced at an estimated retail price of 8400 rupees approx before taxes and subsidies.

The Microsoft Lumia 535 will first be made available in countries such as China, Hong Kong and Bangladesh, with other countries to follow.

Specifications

• It has a 5-inch IPS LCD display screen with a qHD (540x960 pixels) resolution and a pixel density of 220ppi.
• It dons 5-megapixel front- and rear-facing camera with an LED flash
• It runs Windows Phone 8.1 with Lumia Denim update and has 8GB of built-in storage that is further expandable via microSD card (up to 128GB).
• It runs on a 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 processor, with 1GB of RAM and a 1,905mAh battery.
• It also sports Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection.
• It also gets 15GB of free OneDrive cloud storage.
• It also supports Bluetooth LE and can connect to accessories such as the Portable Wireless Speaker and Coloud Bang among others.
• It will be available in Cyan, Bright Green, Bright Orange, White, Dark Grey, and Black colours.