Brown was overwhelmed after hitting a ton

Sussex, too, were running high on emotion after the death of Umer Rashid, who drowned to death just ten days after Hollioake's passing.

Surrey are widely regarded as the team to beat in the division one championship, and Butcher says that any trophies won this season will be done so in Ben's honour.

"Should we manage to come away with some silverware at the end of this year I'm sure the first thing said is that it will be dedicated to Ben's memory.

"The two guys who scored hundreds against Sussex (Ali Brown and Nadeem Shahid) were both unbelievably emotional afterwards, not for themselves but because they both stated their wish to score a century and dedicate it to Ben."

Butcher admitted the Surrey dressing room was a different place without the ebullient presence of Hollioake.

"There's various situations in the dressing room and you're expecting Ben to come up with one of his usual wisecracks but it doesn't appear.

Things are changing daily for Adam and his family out there

Mark Butcher