Tipped for great things when he made his debut for England at the age of just 19, Ben Hollioake was just starting to display a more mature side to his game when his life was cut tragically short.

The all-rounder had just left New Zealand, where a knee injury kept him out of the side that contested a thrilling one-day series.

And he was a key member of the team that came from behind to tie a series with India in the subcontinent, scoring an important lower-order 37 in Madras.

After moving to Britain from Australia in 1984, he made his first-class debut for Surrey against Yorkshire at Middlesbrough in 1996, taking four for 74.

By the start of the 2001 season he had still only played in two Tests and seven ODIs but improved domestic form persuaded the selectors to give him another chance.

He gained a Man of the Match award in the Benson & Hedges Cup final when he made 73 in Surrey's 47-run win over Gloucestershire, and he finally made a Championship century, against Yorkshire in September.

An illustration of his growing maturity was the 53 he made for England against Pakistan at Headingley during last year's NatWest one-day series, after he had come to the wicket with England 58 for seven.

He was such a success last summer that he earned a call-up for this winter's one-day tours to India and New Zealand, but a knee injury limited him to three appearances.