Senior cricket writer and Sunday Observer columnist Dr. Elmo Rodrigopulle with over 50 years of sports writing particularly cricket for the Times Group and Lake House Group, and in helping the progress and development of the game, was honoured and felicitated at the Dialog/Sri Lanka Cricket Awards ceremony held at Waters Edge, Battaramulla on Tuesday. Dr. Rodrigopulle, consultant to the Daily News Sports Editor, played and captained his school St. Bendict’s College, Kotahena. His crowning moment was when he captured a hat-trick against St. Peter’s College. He later played for Tamil Union, BRC, Colts and Saracens. He was the first to score a century when limited over cricket for the Browns Trophy was introduced to Sri Lanka in 1972. He achieved this feat for Saracens against his old club Tamil Union. Rodrigopulle also has centuries in Sara Trophy and Donovan Andree Trophy to his credit. He also played for the Board President’s XI against Hong Kong in 1972 under the captaincy of Michael Tissera. He was an all-rounder – right-hand batsman and leg-spin googly bowler.