Sangakkara, Jaywardene frustrate India
Skipper Kumar Sangakkara smashed his seventh double ton and Mahela Jayawardene notched up his 28th century as Sri Lanka ended the second day's play with a massive first innings lead of 547 runs against India in the second cricket Test here Tuesday.
Sangakkara (219) and Jayawardene (174) stitched a 193-run third-wicket stand to enable Sri Lanka declare their first innings at 624 for four shortly after tea at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground. Thilan Samaraweera made an unbeaten 76.
India also made a strong start with openers Virender Sehwag (64) and Murali Vijay (22) seeing the last 18 overs of the day by scoring 95 runs.
For Sangakkara it was his seventh double ton, and he surpassed Marvan Atapattu's six and now has the most double hundreds in his country. Sangakkara's double-century put him at par with Wally Hammond of England. Only Australian legend Don Bradman (12) and West Indian Brian Lara (9) have more scores of 200 or more.
iPhone4 is being launched in more than 17 countries this Friday.
After luxuriating in lots of hype around the world, Apple iPhone 4 sure enough deserved its part with a high-resolution retina display, A4 processor, 3-axis gyro and FaceTime feature which enables video calling. Now, the company reaches out to 17 more countries by rolling out the iPhone 4 this Friday, July 30.
Beginning this Friday, users from Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland will be able to snap up the highly fetching smartphone. The phone comes equipped with many exciting features like a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, high-definition 720p video recording and up to 40 percent longer talk time.
The device runs with iOS 4 and enhances the entire multimedia experience with the vibrant display. It also offers advanced mail, improved enterprise support and iAd mobile advertising platform. The battery life of the handset may vary depending on the device settings, usage and other features.
The handset is currently available in France, Germany, Japan, the UK and the US for $199 (approx Rs. 9,200) for the 16GB model and $299 (approx Rs. 13,900) for the 32GB model. It can be purchased through Apple’s retail and online stores and Apple authorized dealers. The iPhone 4 is also anticipated to capture many other countries later this year.
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