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Temba Bavuma congratulated the selectors for showing faith in his ability to open the batting after he became only the second South African to score a century on debut. However, he has suggested he will continue to view himself as a middle-order batsman for the time being.Bavuma deputised for Hashim Amla, who missed the match against Ireland while waiting for his wife to give birth, and put on a record opening stand at Benoni with Quinton de Kock. He eventually fell for 113 - only his second List A hundred - to help set up a big win.I think the credit must go to the selectors and the administrators, Bavuma joked in a television interview at the innings break.They decided I should fill in this role for this game and its worked out.This was the second time Bavuma has been used in the role, after opening in a Test match in Delhi last year and on both occasions he responded to the challenge well. So well that it could become an option for him to consider in future, no matter how much he does not think its the place for him at either national or franchise level at the moment.Hashim is the incumbent. He is well established and I am sure he will be back to fill those boots, Bavuma said. And at the Lions, I probably wont go to Geoff [Toyana] and ask to open. I think it will be disruptive. The Lions have Stephen Cook and Reeza Hendricks so for me to look for a place there will cause more harm than good.But Bavuma may be underplaying his chances of getting another go at the top. One could come as soon as next Friday if Amlas third child does not arrive before then. Other opportunities could present themselves, especially after Russell Domingo, South Africas coach, confirmed he believes Bavuma has both the technique and the temperament to open the batting.It may not have looked so at first, when Bavumas footwork was questionable and he seemed to be absorbing too many dot balls, but he learnt quickly thanks to his partner de Kock. I was able to perform the way I performed because of the way Quinny plays. Up front he makes any wicket look flat, Bavuma said. He can score runs at will so it allowed me to take a bit more time and settle the nerves.After de Kock got off to a flier, and found boundaries off both the front and back foot, Bavuma did the same. By the time the pair were in the 40s, Bavumas strike rate had caught up with de Kocks and his strokeplay was just as eye-catching.Bavuma drove the ball sweetly but also demonstrated a powerful pull shot, although he admitted to never feeling entirely comfortable at the crease. Throughout the innings I didnt feel any kind of fluency. The wicket was a bit on the slower side and a bit two-paced, I struggled to hit through the line so I had to make sure I was strong in my game plans, ran hard and found the gaps, Bavuma said.This summer, he wants to work on honing those skills a little more, even if it means doing it lower the down the order.At the start of the season I set myself goals to try and improve as a player and one of the areas was with the white ball, Bavuma said. Your intensity must be higher. Even if you block the ball, you block it with the intent to score. At times I struggled with that today but I am generally a positive player and I look to put the bad balls away.I have always seen batting as just batting. Whether its at No. 1 or No. 4, the ball is still the ball. At the Lions I will probably slot in in the middle and I will try and do things the way I normally do them.Josh Reddick Astros Jersey . 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But he said he did nothing improper when he sold those shares over the next two days.CINCINNATI -- The Bengals defensive coordinator has told cornerback Adam Pacman Jones to put the lid on his trash talk.Jones went off on Browns receiver Terrelle Pryor after a 23-10 win in snowy Cleveland on Sunday, using a garbage can as a prop during an extended diatribe to reporters. He called Pryors name into the garbage can, pretending the Browns receiver was inside.Terrelle Pryor is garbage, Jones said.Coordinator Paul Guenther knew that Jones and Pryor -- who tried out for a quarterback spot with the Bengals last season -- had an on-field exchange during pregame warmups, but he didnt realize that the cornerback kept it going afterward in the locker room.I had no idea what that was about, Guenther said on Monday. But we dont want to deal with that (trash talking). Were not like that. We just play football.Typically youll have some guys that are competitive guys that know one another that -- in a good, competitive spirit -- are two guys going at it.But to take it to the extent that Adam did ... We need to move on. Adams too old for that stuff right now. And I told him that after the game.The 10th-year cornerback wasnt available on Monday during the teams open locker room session. Coach Marvin Lewis also said on Monday that Jones was out of line with his postgame comments.Its not the thing we want to get into, and Adam knows that, Lewis said.The Bengals (5-7-1) finished a series sweep of their winless intrastate rival, keeping them temporarily in contention for the playoffs.They needed to win the rest of their games and have Baltimore (7-5) to lose at New England on Monday night and beat the Steelers (8-5) in Pittsburgh on Dec. 25.The Steelers and Ravens then need to lose their other games to give Cincinnati a chance at winning the division with an 8-7-1 mark.The Bengals host thhe Steelers on Sunday at Paul Brown Stadium, a game that was originally scheduled for the night, but has been moved to daytime.ddddddddddddThe defending AFC North champions lost at Pittsburgh 24-16 in the second week of the season, when Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict and Steelers running back LeVeon Bell were serving three-game suspensions from the NFL.Burfict has rounded back into form in the past two months, and Bell rushed for a Steelers-record 236 yards during a win in Buffalo on Sunday.Last January, the Steelers ended the Bengals season by rallying for an 18-16 win at Paul Brown Stadium in the first round of the playoffs.Burfict and Jones each had personal fouls that moved Pittsburgh into range for the winning field goal in the final minute.Although players from both teams continued to go at one another on social media in the offseason, there were no incidents during their matchup in Pittsburgh on Sept. 18.I think the last game in Pittsburgh was cleanly played, Guenther said. I think were over all that stuff at this point.Game notesLewis said theres a chance that WR A.J. Green could return to practice this week. Green has missed the past three games with a strained right hamstring, but is hoping to play again this season. Hes been working out on a side field during practices. ... Rookie Jeff Driskel was active for the first time this season against the Browns as the No. 3 QB but didnt get into the game. Lewis said Driskel has also practiced as a receiver and as a special teams player and could have been used in those roles on Sunday if needed. The Bengals had six players hurt.---For more NFL coverage: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '