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He has been an international cricketer for barely nine months, and has only played as many ODIs, but great expectations are already being thrust upon Kusal Mendis. Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews has labeled Mendis the future of the national side.Hes going to be a big player for us, Mathews said of Mendis, who scored his second consecutive half-century in Wednesdays 82-run win over Australia. Hes going to be the future of our batting. If he keeps going like this he will do wonders for the Sri Lanka team and I wish him all the very best. It was a fantastic knock today.Mendis half-century in the second ODI at Khettarama was the quickest of Sri Lankas three fifties, despite Sri Lanka having lost both openers cheaply. It was also his fifth fifty in his nine ODIs so far - one having come in Dublin, two in England, and now two at home against Australia.Mendis was particularly good at the end of the Powerplay, as Australia attempted to sneak in an over from one of their part-timers. Travis Head saw Mendis hit the first two balls of his spell for four, before the batsman struck two more boundaries and a three to complete 19 runs off the bat in that 10th over.Mendis early attack on Head created problems for Steven Smith, who resorted to bowling Aaron Finch, partly because Head was proving expensive in conceding 41 from four overs. Mathews said there had been no particular plan to score quickly off Head, and gave a glowing appraisal of Mendis approach.Hes just very positive, Mathews said. Especially after losing a couple of wickets in quick succession, the way he went out there and the way he batted was brilliant. Not too many people do that - you take a bit of time and settle in and take a look at the wicket. But hes just going out there and playing with a lot of freedom. Hes just a different kind of player.Mendis is just one of several young players who have produced encouraging performances during the Australia tour. The latest to impress is 23-year-old left-arm spinner Amila Aponso, who took 1 for 27 in his first ODI on Sunday, and claimed the games best figures of 4 for 18 in Wednesdays second ODI.Not all the spinners bowled very well out there, apart from Amila Aponso - in the first game as well as this game, Mathews said. Hes bowled in these two matches like hes played internationals for a long time. Hes just landing it on the spot and keeping it pretty simple - just bowling it there and letting the ball do the rest. Hes been turning a few and sliding a few. Its been extremely difficult for the batters.More experienced players also contributed to the 82-run victory as Mathews scored 57 and claimed two wickets while Thisara Perera took 3 for 33. Also in the runs again was Dinesh Chandimal, who narrowly missed out on the Sri Lankan record for most ODI fifties on the trot, when he was given out on review for 48 to end the streak at six half-centuries.Chandimals been tremendous for us in the Test series and also in England, Mathews said. Hes matured. Hes also playing with a lot of responsibility - as a senior. Hes anchoring the innings and thats what we want from him. Him batting at No. 4, we want him to bat until the 46th over, so that guys like Kusal Mendis, Kusal Perera and Danushka Gunathilaka can go out there and play with a lot of freedom. In our batting line up myself and Chandimal have to take the responsibility to let the youngsters play with freedom.With young players now winning matches for Sri Lanka, it is the oldest man in the ODI side that has now been placed under pressure. Tillakaratne Dilshan, 39, collected scores of 22 and 10 in the first two games, and the selectors now may consider dropping him in order to make way for players who could conceivably play in the 2019 World Cup. However, Mathews defended Dilshans recent performances.No matter how experienced you are, it doesnt mean you will play well all the time, Mathews said. You can get unlucky and get out. I got out cheaply in the last game as well. Though Dilshan failed in this match, others played well and won it. We trust that he will play well in the future. Cheap Lebron 15 . After a lengthy wait, persistent rain finally forced the postponement of the Nationals game against the Miami Marlins on Saturday night. The teams, and a few thousand fans, waited nearly four hours from the 7:05 scheduled start time before an announcement was made shortly before 11 p. Cheap Lebron Shoes China . 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The Dutch teenager won on his debut with Red Bull and including that result has scored 116 points to Ricciardos 143 over the same period since then.[Verstappens arrival] was probably another step up in my personal career or in my driving, Ricciardo said. I always felt obviously that I was at the limit and I think up until that point when Max arrived that was what probably sparked the driver change that I was performing quite well compared to Daniil, from testing through till Russia, then Max came on board.I thought I was already driving at my limit, I guess there was something a little bit more and I feel that weve both given each other that, I feel Max has lifted his game even more and I have so its cool to know that weve got a bit more in the tank, I think weve both lifted without knowing we had it, weve found a bit more.Ricciardo said he haad been interested to see whether Verstappen lived up to the hype around him when he arrived at Red Bull.dddddddddddd.Sure, if he came into the team and kicked my ass 10 races in a row, then my career would go from up here to down here. Sure theres always some curiosity [when a new teammate joins], I wouldnt say nerves but I would say pressure and curiosity probably, for me as well its exciting. I knew how hyped Max was and I hadnt seen his data so I didnt know what he was bringing to the table, but I knew that he was not afraid to give it a go basically, and I saw already from first practice in Barcelona that he was on the limit of the car.I was like OK this is going to be exciting. So another one was when I had Seb I knew if I could get the best of Seb, a four-time champ, its only going to do well for my career. If I can go well against Max, the new kid on the block, then again if I get on top of them its only going to help me out. Not afraid, just excited. ' ' '