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Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews and vice-captain Dinesh Chandimal have declared they are fit to go on the tour of South Africa that begins in mid-December. Bo Takahashi Jersey . They made the announcements during SLCs Dialog Cricketer of the Year award ceremony held in Colombo on Wednesday night.Both Mathews and Chandimal missed Sri Lankas recent tour of Zimbabwe, where Rangana Herath and Upul Tharanga led the Test and ODI sides respectively. Mathews was recovering from multiple leg injuries including a torn calf, while Chandimal had undergone surgery on his right hand after suffering multiple dislocations around the thumb area while playing a domestic match.When he accepted one of his three awards, the compere asked Mathews whether he was fit for the South Africa tour. He replied, Yes, I have recovered from my injury completely and I am fit to tour South Africa.The same question was posed to Chandimal when he received his award, and he said, My recovery process has been really good and I am feeling fit to make the tour to South Africa.Mathews won the Cricketer of the Year award for his performances across formats in 2015, and also bagged the Allrounder of the Year award for both Tests and ODIs. Chandimal, meanwhile, was adjudged Test Batsman of the Year.Dialog Cricketer of the Year awards for 2015: Cricketer of the Year: Angelo Mathews, Peoples Player of the Year: Tillakaratne Dilshan, Future Cricketer of the Year: Kusal Mendis, Test Batsman of the Year: Dinesh Chandimal, Test Bowler of the Year: Rangana Herath, Test Allrounder of the Year: Angelo Mathews, ODI Batsman of the Year: Kumar Sangakkara, ODI Bowler of the Year: Lasith Malinga, ODI Allrounder of the Year: Angelo Mathews, T20I Batsman of the Year: Tillakaratne Dilshan, T20I Bowler of the Year: Lasith Malinga, ODI Batsman of the Year (Women): Chamari Atapattu, ODI Bowler of the Year (Women): Inoka Ranaweera, ODI Allrounder of the Year (Women): Shashikala Siriwardene, International Commentator of the Year: Russel Arnold, International Journalist of the Year: Rex Clementine, International Umpire of the Year: Ruchira Palliyaguruge. Albie Lopez Jersey . 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Editors Note: You can still vote below if you feel so inclined, but we finalized the tallies and have moved on to the Elite Eight.How will you best remember Big Papi?As David Ortizs final regular season hits its home stretch, were asking fans to select the Boston Red Sox sluggers signature achievement.On Monday, we began the Big Papi Bracket with an opening round of 32 moments. Today, we reveal the Sweet 16. Next Monday, its the Elite Eight. On Sept. 15, the Final Four.And on Sept. 19, the championship round.All you have to do is vote.Green Monster RegionNo. 1 seed: Oct. 17, 2004 -- With the Red Sox down 3-0 in the ALCS, Ortiz hits a 12th-inning, two-run, walk-off home run off Paul Quantrill to beat the New York Yankees and spark Bostons historic series comeback.No. 5 seed: July 29, 1996 -- In the Greatest Home Run Derby Youve Never Heard Of, in Appleton, Wisconsin, a minor leaguer, then known as David Arias, steals the show from Seattle Mariners superstars Ken Griffey Jr. and Alex Rodriguez in an impromptu showdown.No. 2 seed: Oct. 20, 2004 -- His two-run home run off Yankees starter?Kevin Brown in the first inning of Game 7 of the ALCS starts the scoring in a Curse-breaking blowout in the Bronx. Ortiz is named MVP of the series after hitting .387 with three home runs and 11 RBIs.No. 3 seed: April 27, 2003 -- His first home run with the Red Sox shows shades of whats to come. In other words, its clutch -- a pinch-hit, go-ahead, 14th-inning solo blast in a 6-4 win over the Anaheim Angels.Pesky Pole RegionNo. 1 seed: Oct. 13, 2013 -- Ortiz sends Torii Hunter tumbling over the right-field wall at Fenway Park -- and turns a celebrating Boston cop, Steve Horgan, into a celebrity -- with a grand slam that turns the tide in Game 2 of the ALCS against the Detroit Tigers.No. 5 seed: Aug. 16, 2014 -- With his 27th home run of the season, Big Papi joins Hall of Famers Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski as the only players to hit 400 homers while playing with the Red Sox. For good measure, Big Papi punishes the Houston Astros with another home run later in the game en route to a 10-7 victory.No. 2 seed: Oct. 8, 2004 -- ALCS, here we come! Ortizs two-run, 10th-inning home run off Jarrod Washburn sweeps the Angels out of the ALDS and sets up an all-time classic series with the Yankees.No. 3 seed: Sept. 21, 2006 -- Ortizs 51st jack of the season breaks Jimmie Foxxs Red Sox record, set 68 years earlier. Even better? He hits it against his former team, the Minnesota Twins.The Triangle RegionNo. 1 seed: April 20, 2013 -- The only No. 1 seed not in October, but its a serious contender for the crown nonetheless. Otherwise known as The Speech, Ortiz addresses the Fenway faithful, the city of Boston, and really, the entire country, in the wake of the Boston Marathon boombing. Ildemaro Vargas Jersey. . All right, Boston, Big Papi says. This jersey that we wear today, it doesnt say Red Sox. It says Boston. We want to thank you, Mayor [Thomas] Menino, Governor [Deval] Patrick, the whole police department for the great job that they did this past week. This is our f---ing city. And nobodys going to dictate our freedom. Stay strong.No. 5 seed: Sept. 6, 2005 -- Ortiz swats a walk-off home run off Angels reliever Scot Shields -- and then is presented with a plaque that reads The Greatest Clutch Hitter In The History Of The Boston Red Sox by owner John Henry and president/CEO Larry Lucchino.No. 2 seed: Oct. 27, 2013 -- Since were on the subject of speeches, Big Papis Game 4 pep talk in the dugout helps rally his teammates to a 4-2 win, tying the World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals after Boston had dropped Games 2 and 3.No. 3 seed: Oct. 5, 2003 -- Ortiz wont help lead Boston to a pennant until the next season, but he contributes some postseason heroics in Game 4 of the 2003 ALDS. His two-run double off Keith Foulke of the Oakland As drives in Nomar Garciaparra and Manny Ramirez in the bottom of the eighth inning to give the Red Sox a 5-4 lead they wont relinquish. The win, in the second of three straight elimination games, ties the series; Boston goes on to win Game 5 before falling to Aaron (Bleepin) Boone and the Yankees in the ALCS.Yawkey Way RegionNo. 1 seed: Oct. 18, 2004 -- Down three games to one in the ALCS (after his walk-off home run in Game 4), Ortiz smacks a two-out, game-winning single in the 14th inning off Yankees reliever Esteban Loaiza to bring Boston within a game of tying the series.No. 4 seed: Sept. 12, 2015 -- At Tropicana Field, Ortiz belts his 500th career round-tripper in the fifth inning off Tampa Bay Rays starter Matt Moore, becoming just the 27th player to do so. In typical Big Papi excess, its actually his second home run of the game; he had cracked No. 499 off Moore in the first.No. 2 seed: Oct. 27, 2004: Its more a team moment than simply an Ortiz moment, but Big Papi celebrating the Red Soxs first World Series title in 86 years -- after hitting .308 with a home run and four RBIs in a sweep of the Cardinals -- could give the No. 1 seed in the Yawkey Way Region a run for its money. Assuming, of course, it can knock off a particularly tough No. 3 in the Sweet 16 -- perhaps the best matchup of any two moments in this round.No. 3 seed: April 4, 2014 -- On Opening Day at Fenway, Ortiz receives his third World Series ring, plus an additional MVP ring, after hitting .688 with a 1.948 OPS during a World Series win over the Cardinals in which he was named Most Valuable Player. ' ' '
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