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In targeting a clean-sweep over Australia, Faf du Plessis has promised South Africa will assert themselves with more than just bat and ball in Cape Town on Wednesday. South Africas stand-in captain wants to see his boys also win the body-language battle ahead of the three-Test series in Australia starting November 3.As a captain, its important the intensity we play at. That does not always mean verbally, its body language and the way you carry yourself on the field, du Plessis said. When there is a battle that asks for another battle to come their way, that will happen. We are a team that will stand up against that. If thats required of us as a team, we will also go into that space, but its a very focused and channeled aggression; more of a body language thing. The only real needle in the ODIs so far came in Port Elizabeth when Matthew Wade and Tabraiz Shamsi had a verbal exchange that earned both of them a a 25% fine of match fee along with one demerit point. Talk became action when Wade took a single and made no effort to avoid running into Shamsi, who protested.Du Plessis took it up with the umpires but was proud of how Shamsi stood up. Its just showing the opposition you are here to play, no matter how many games you have played, du Plessis said. Shamsi has only played three ODIs but he showed he is there to compete, no matter who is on the other side. It was good to see we can also step it up in that department.In the other departments, South Africa have exceeded expectation by dominating against the top-ranked ODI side, which is without their first-choice pace pack. However, du Plessis chose not to dwell on that, instead emphasising on how South Africa have out-batted Australia.I am really impressed with the style of cricket weve played, he said. The first game set the tone for us where Quinton played one of the best one-day knocks you will see and then out-batting has been a level above what weve seen in the past. If you compare that to their batting, which is just as strong possibly on paper, maybe even stronger but they havent matched up with our batters at all. We havent allowed them to compete at times and even when they looked like they were going to compete, we stuck in and waited for the opportunity.The third game in Durban was where Australia threatened their biggest comeback. Their only centuries came in that match as they piled on 371 for 6 before reducing South Africa to 217 for 5. Yet, South Africa found a way, which du Plessis was proud of.In Durban, they were all over us and nine times out of ten, you should lose games like that. It took something magnificent for us to win and its happening more regularly in this team that guys are doing amazing things, he said. The style of cricket we have played has been a new level, hopefully thats something we can drive forward. We need to make sure we keep playing like that because thats the style I would like us to play.South Africa started the season with a culture camp that addressed their dramatic slide from No. 1 to No. 6 in the Test rankings last summer and their early exit from the World T20. They decided on what theyve termed a different direction, which is not about individuals but the collective, aiming to go where no other South African team have been.We want to reach higher levels and achieve greater things than anyone else. From that perspective 5-0 is very important, du Plessis said. The fact that the Test series comes straight after this and 60% to 70% of both teams players are the same, the motivation of 5-0 will mean a lot to me. Nike Vapormax Miehet .C. -- Al Jefferson joked that he feels he can score from anywhere on the court. Vapormax Flyknit 2 Ale .Y. - Jerome Samson scored once in regulation and again in the shootout as the St. http://www.vapormaxsuomi.com/ . 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Lee Westwood produced the perfect response to his World Cup disappointment as defending champion Rory McIlroy carded his worst ever round in the DP World Tour Championship.McIlroy has won the European Tours season-finale twice and never finished worse than 11th in seven appearances at Jumeirah Golf Estates, with a 72 in 2010 his worst score in 28 rounds.However, the world No. 2 could only manage an opening 75 on Thursday to lie joint 55th in the 60-man field, nine shots behind Ryder Cup teammate Westwood.It took McIlroy 14 holes to register his first birdie of the day and although he swiftly added another on the next, the four-time major winner double-bogeyed the 16th after needing two attempts -- the second minus his right shoe and sock -- to play from the edge of a water hazard.In contrast, Westwood carded seven birdies and just one bogey to match his opening 66 in the inaugural event in 2009, which he went on to win by six shots to become European No. 1 for the second time.Thats certainly in the top two or three performances in my career, Westwood said. Maybe even the best performance of my career, knowing that I needed to win to beat Rory in the Race to Dubai, and did that by six and pretty much dominated the field over the weekend.Today was as good as Ive played for quite some time. Ive found a couple of keys in different parts of my game and Ive been working on them hard and it all came together today.Westwood had been due to make his World Cup debut in Melbourne next week, but with Danny Willett pulling out to protect a back injury, Ryder Cup teammate Chris Wood took his place as the next highest English player in the world rankings at the end of July.Under tournament rules, Wood was also able to select his partner and opted for Andy Sullivaan, much to Westwoods disappointment.ddddddddddddIve been looking forward to it for a few months now, so its frustrating, said the 43-year-old, whose frustration was probably heightened by seeing Wood and Sullivan shoot 75 and 76 respectively.Im disappointed not to be playing. I can understand him picking a mate and hes picked a very good player. Its probably more to do with the rules than anything.I think the week before somebody is meant to go down there is a little late to say, no, youre not playing.I needed to be higher in the world rankings to pick my partner and if Im higher next year Woody probably shouldnt be expecting a pick!Westwoods former Ryder Cup partner Nicolas Colsaerts and Frances Julien Quesne shared second place on five under, with Sergio Garcia, Francesco Molinari and Joost Luiten a shot further back.Colsaerts carded five birdies in a flawless round but was disappointed not to go even lower, adding: When you play that well you want to squeeze every shot you can out of it, but Im confident I can keep rolling like this.This is probably the one course out of the three in the Final Series that suits my game the best. Theres corners I can take on. I can use my length as a big advantage to come in with shorter irons into greens, especially the way the greens are designed.This is the one that I had my eyes on and I know that if I bring the game that Ive been displaying all year out here on this course, it should be a decent recipe.Race to Dubai leader Henrik Stenson, who has a lead of 299,675 points over Willett, managed just one birdie in an opening 72, with Willett and Alex Noren both one shot better off. ' ' '