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Hollioake dies in car crash - report
PERTH, Australia, March 23 (Reuters) - England allrounder Ben Hollioake was killed in a car crash in the early hours of Saturday, Australian Broadcasting Corp reported. The 24-year-old Surrey player, who made test appearances in August 1997 against Australia and a year later versus Sri Lanka, crashed on Mill Point Road in South Perth and died at the scene. His sports car spun out of control and hit a brick wall just after midnight Perth time (1600 GMT), ABC Radio reported. His 22-year-old female passenger received head and chest injuries and was taken to a Perth hospital, the report said. ABC Radio said relatives had been travelling behind Melbourne-born Hollioake's car and were soon on the scene of the accident. "The vehicle spun out of control into a brick property fence," Australian Associated Press quoted Inspector Ian Duggan of Australia police in Perth as saying. Inspector Greg Medhurst of the Australia police told Sky Sports television that their crash inquiry unit was already investigating the cause of the accident. Paul Sheldon, Surrey's chief executive, said: "This is devastating news. It's terrible to lose such a supreme talent as Ben's, just as he was beginning to realise his full potential as a cricketer." Hollioake was visiting his parents on holiday after England's one-day internationals in New Zealand. England were beaten 3-2, but Hollioake did not play due to a knee injury sustained in India during England's 3-2 one-day series win. World Cup hopes The allrounder, who had a 75-match first class career, had just signed another year's contract with Surrey after being courted by Warwickshire and was desperate to get back into the England team before next year's World Cup. Hollioake, whose older brother Adam is Surrey captain, was born in Melbourne on November 11, 1977 and made his test debut in the same game as his brother in the fifth test against Australia at Nottingham's Trent Bridge. Hollioake was the youngest player to represent England since Brian Close in 1949. Regarded as more of a one-day specialist, he made his debut in one-day internationals in 1997 scoring 63 at Lord's against Australia in the third match of the series. He played little until last summer's recall to the England side for the triangular tournament with Pakistan and Australia. He scored 37 not out against Australia and shared a 70-run stand with Owais Shah in 7.2 overs in the game with Pakistan. Those performances saw him selected to tour Zimbabwe, India and New Zealand as part of England's build-up to the World Cup. In his first-class career he scored 2794 runs at 25.87 and took 126 wickets at 33.45. In 20 ODIs he got 309 runs at 20.60 including two 50s. His first game 63 was his highest score. |
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