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WASHINGTON: German forward Franz Wagner’s 31-point performance sparked Orlando to an eighth consecutive victory on Wednesday, ripping Washington 139-120 to move one game behind NBA overall leader Boston.
Wednesday night's NBA slate features seven games to choose from, including a intriguing matchup between Philadelphia 76ers and the New Orleans Pelicans. The 76ers are off to a great start to the season and are coming off a blowout win over the Lakers Monday night. There game will have no shortage of playmakers, including Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, and Zion Williamson. CJ McCollum is set to return to the court after missing the past 12 games with a rib injury. Expect an entertaining showdown with one of the highest point totals on the slate and a narrow spread.
Kane Williamson struck a defiant century Wednesday but was unable to put New Zealand in control in the first Test against Bangladesh in Sylhet. The visitors reached 266-8 at stumps on the second day, still trailing Bangladesh by 44 runs in the first innings. Williamson hit 104 off 205 balls in his 29th Test century with 11 fours, before Taijul Islam broke through his defence to bowl out the right-hander. "I mean, you just see all around the world, he's amazing and how he sort of works out different attacks, different sort of ways people are trying to get him out, different surfaces," New Zealand coach Luke Ronchi said in praise of Williamson. "So to be able to do it the way he does and the calmness he shows in situations is awesome," Ronchi added. "He's done it a lot, but a lot of our young guys can see how he does it."
Bangladesh host New Zealand in the first of the two-match Test series 2023, starting Tuesday, November 28 at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium. The match is scheduled to begin at 9:00 AM IST. The Bangladesh cricket team will be led by Najmul Hossain Shanto in the absence of the regular skipper Shakib Al Hasan. Although Bangladesh will begin as the underdogs against the 2021 World Test champions, an upset can't be ruled out in the two-match Test series with home advantage.
Bangladesh will be up against New Zealand in the first of the New Zealand tour of Bangladesh, two-match Test Series 2023, starting on Tuesday, November 28 at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in Sylhet, Bangladesh. The match is scheduled to begin at 9:00 AM IST. After the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, this will be Bangladesh and New Zealand's first assignment. With Bangladesh's senior players, Shakib Al Hasan and Litton Das unavailable. Najmul Hossain Shanto will lead the Bangla Tigers in the series.
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson hailed record-breaking Virat Kohli as "the best" batsman in the world and warned India's rivals that the superstar is "getting better." India, who Williamson described as a "blue machine", defeated his side by 70 runs in Mumbai on Wednesday to reach the World Cup final. India piled up 397-4 with Kohli hitting a record-setting 50th one-day international hundred before being dismissed for 117 and Shreyas Iyer making 105.
MUMBAI: Unbeaten India passed their first real test in the World Cup in the semi-final against New Zealand on Wednesday (Nov 16) and the hosts will hope that the win over their bogey team will make them battle-hardened for the final.
Right before the start of the Cricket World Cup 2023 semi-final between India and New Zealand, a controversy hit the cricketing world, with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) being accused of changing the pitch at the last minute. There were suggestions that India made the change in order to tilt the equation in their favour a little. When New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson was asked about the same in the post-match press conference, he played down the chatter.