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It was hard to work out which captain was more stunned after South Africas incredible win over Australia in Durban.But it was left to Faf du Plessis to sum up a result that looked highly unlikely when Australia ran up 371 batting first at Kingsmead, and even more so when a middle order stumble left South Africa needing a miracle - duly provided by a thumping innings from David Miller.To win a game like that when youre supposed to lose, when youre down and out then you have someone put their hand up and take you across the line, its as good as it gets, du Plessis said. I dont have any words to be honest.I think theres a lot of people if you asked them 3-0 to South Africa against the No. 1 team in the world, they would have possibly laughed. It just shows which direction were going as a team at the moment, weve played some really good cricket in all formats and Im really excited about what lies ahead.Im just out of words, Im so happy at the moment because I never would have thought 3-0 would have been possible against this Australian side.Steven Smith bore the thousand-yard stare of a captain who has now lost seven of his past nine matches in charge in all formats. All he had asked for, from his batsmen in particular, had been achieved, still he ended the night in defeat.I wanted the top four to get the bulk of the runs, someone to go on and get a hundred, we had two blokes do that, Smith said. Its a very tough loss. Today was our quarter-final to keep us in the series and when you get to halfway and youve got 370 on the board, you dont lose too many games with 370 on the board.For them [bowlers], its about trying to bowl their best ball as much as possible...we just havent been able to do it as well as we would have liked.It hasnt gone to plan so far, thats for sure. Im sure the guys will be able to take a lot out of playing against these South African batters. Theres some quality batters in their line-up and youve got to learn to play against the best if you want to play international cricket.Much has been written and said about Australias understrength bowling line-up on tour, which again copped heavy punishment throughout. But du Plessis was pointed in stating that could not take anything away from his teams achievement.I think as an international team you cannot use that as an excuse, never, he said. Ive been part of a South African team when we had no Dale Steyn and no Vernon Philander in our Test team, and you cant use that as an excuse.You have to find a way as a team to try and compete against the best teams in the world and we didnt in that series against England and it would have been a lot different with the two of them playing.But you cant use that as an excuse, you have to find a way as a squad to try and compete. Theres a little bit of inexperience there but they would be the first guys not to blame their weakened attack. Theyre the No. 1 team in the world and they know they still have to put up a good fight against us. Browns Jerseys Store . Then the Pacers gave Oladipo and his Orlando teammates the cold shoulder. Paul Georges buzzer-beating 3-pointer at the end of the third quarter spurred a 21-4 run, finally sending Indiana past the Magic 97-87 in a tougher-than-expected opening night matchup. Antonio Callaway Jersey . 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From Pierre LeBrun While Anaheim GM Bob Murray said earlier this season he was not going to trade Jonas Hiller despite the fact hes an unrestricted free agent on July 1, some sources have told TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun that Murray might be willing to move another goalie. What once looked to be no more than a small bump in the road for the No. 7 Louisville Cardinals on their way to double digits in wins took on a new dimension last week when the North Carolina State Wolfpack came within a missed field goal of knocking Clemson from its lofty ranking.The Cardinals and Wolfpack meet at noon ET Saturday at Papa Johns Cardinal Stadium in Louisville (ABC).While the unranked Wolfpack (4-2, 1-1 ACC) were putting a scare into the unbeaten Tigers, the Cardinals (5-1, 3-1 ACC) were having an unexpected tussle with Duke at home.The Blue Devils may have given an example on how to slow Louisville quarterback and Heisman Trophy favorite Lamar Jackson: Keep him off the field. The Blue Devils controlled the ball and the clock, though ultimately not the scoreboard in a 24-14 Louisville win.Its a little frustrating, Louisville coach Bobby Petrino said of Dukes ability to control the tempo. Theres no question about it. They got themselves into third-and-shorts and then converted.Were not used to that. Were used to getting off the field on defense and getting our offense the ball back, but we held in there and found a way to win.Duke controlled the football for over 37 minutes and managed to hold the Cardinals to just 61 plays, 19 fewer than what they were averaging coming into the game.Jackson still got his yards (144 on 21 rushes with one touchdown, 181 on 13 completions in 26 attempts with one score), but Louisville wasnt able to put the game away until a roughing-the-kicker-penalty kept alive a touchdown drive late in the fourth quarter and provided the Cardinals with a 10-point margin of victory.Jackson said Dukes strategy caught the Cardinals by surprise, but that isnt likely to happen with the Wolfpack. Unlike Duke, which is a member of the ACCs Coastal Division, N.C. State is a colleague with Louisville in the Atlantic and they play each other every season.We know them well because the majority of the players are the same guys weve been playing against for the last two years, Petrino said. Theyre very well coached. Theyre a physical team.Weve always had really good battles with them and found a way to win in the fourth quarter, so I imagine this is going be a very good football game.ddddddddddddhe Wolfpack are hoping to build momentum from its play against Clemson.I think we learned about how good we are, quarterback Ryan Finley said. We took on the No. 3 team into overtime and really beat ourselves.We have a great squad and we are going to bounce back from this. This is not the end of our season.N.C. States defense has received strong reviews during the first month-plus of the season, and that was on display against Clemson.Much of the good work from the defense might have been dismissed a week earlier because the 10-3 victory against Notre Dame was played in windy, rainy conditions brought on by Hurricane Matthew.But there was no mistake of the defenses ability against Clemson. N.C. State forced four turnovers in the game and held the Tigers to just 117 yards rushing, though Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson passed for 378.The Wolfpack had 397 yards in total offense to Clemsons 495.Wolfpack senior running back Matt Dayes had a triple-digit rushing game against the Tigers with 106 yards on 22 carries with one touchdown. Finley, a transfer from Boise State, passed for 231 yards and a touchdown but was intercepted twice, including his last pass in overtime to end the game.I definitely feel like the team realizes that we can compete with just about anybody in the country and we have just got to believe that, Dayes said. We are a great offense and defense. We have just got to finish. ... We probably surprised them, but we werent surprised ourselves.The Wolfpack arent likely to catch Louisville by surprise.We have to go out this week and have a great week of practice and be more intense, more into our focus, more in the preparation that weve had for the other games that weve played early in the fall, Petrino said. We werent at the top of our game, and we need to get back to that, get back to our players you know, working to have the best game theyve had all year. 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