Adam Hollioake
| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Adam John Hollioake | |||
| Born | 5 September 1971 Melbourne, Australia |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right arm medium | |||
| Role | All-rounder | |||
| Relations | BC Hollioake (brother) | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | England | |||
| Test debut (cap 587) | 7 August 1997 v Australia | |||
| Last Test | 9 February 1998 v West Indies | |||
| ODI debut (cap 143) | 31 August 1996 v Pakistan | |||
| Last ODI | 30 May 1999 v India | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1992–2004 | Surrey | |||
| 2007 | Essex | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Test | ODI | FC | LA |
| Matches | 4 | 35 | 173 | 284 |
| Runs scored | 65 | 606 | 9,376 | 5,984 |
| Batting average | 10.83 | 25.25 | 38.74 | 28.09 |
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 0/3 | 18/55 | 2/30 |
| Top score | 45 | 83* | 208 | 117* |
| Balls bowled | 144 | 1,208 | 8,808 | 9,074 |
| Wickets | 2 | 32 | 120 | 352 |
| Bowling average | 33.50 | 31.84 | 41.05 | 23.25 |
| 5 wickets in innings | – | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 wickets in match | – | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| Best bowling | 2/31 | 4/23 | 5/62 | 6/17 |
| Catches/stumpings | 4/– | 13/– | 157/– | 87/– |
| Source: Cricinfo, 6 July 2009 | ||||
Adam John Hollioake (born 5 September 1971 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is a cricketing all-rounder who played for Surrey and England.[1] He captained Surrey from 1997 until 2003, winning three County Championships, and led the England cricket team in One Day Internationals. He was named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 2003.[1]
Since retiring from cricket in 2004, Hollioake has spent his time involved in charitable and media work as well as developing a property development business.[2] He moved to Perth, Western Australia[3] and later to Queensland.
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[edit] Early life
Hollioake was born in Melbourne in 1971 and grew up in the mining town of Ballarat, where his family had lived for five generations.[1] His father, an engineer, had played cricket for local sides, but Hollioake showed a preference for Australian Rules Football whilst attending St Patrick's College, Ballarat.[1] The family moved to England in 1983 where Hollioake attended St George's College in Weybridge.
[edit] Cricketing career
Hollioake was offered a contract by Surrey in 1989 and made his first class debut for the county in August 1993.[1] He was awarded his county cap in 1995, during a season in which he scored 1099 runs and took 21 wickets.[1] He was described as an all-rounder with "aggressive batting and inventive medium-pace allsorts"[1] and began to share captaincy duties for Surrey with Alec Stewart in 1996. He captained Surrey from 1997 until 2003, and led them to victory in the County Championship in 1999, 2000 and 2002.[1] He went on to claim 9 trophies in his time as Surrey captain making him the most successful 1st class captain of all time.[citation needed]
Hollioake made his England debut in two One Day International matches against Pakistan in August 1996.[1] He led the England A team on their tour of Australia in 1996-97 and was man of the series in the home One Day International series against Australia in May 1997, scoring the winning runs in all three games.[1] He made his test debut, playing alongside his brother Ben, against Australia in August 1997, scoring 45 runs in the first innings and taking two wickets.[1][4]
Although his test career only lasted for four matches in 1997 and at the beginning of 1998, Hollioake achieved greater success in One Day Internationals, playing in 35 matches from 1996 to 1999. He captained the side to victory in the 1997 Sharjah Cup, England's first tournament success for ten years.[1][2] Injuries and a loss of form saw him lose the captaincy after 14 matches.[1][5]
After 173 first classes matches for Surrey, Hollioake retired from cricket at the end of the 2004 season.[2] He made an appearance in the 2005 Asian Tsunami appeal charity match, taking a hat-trick,[3][6] and made a brief return to Twenty20 cricket in 2007, playing in eight matches for Essex.[7][8]
[edit] Charity work
Following the death of his brother and Surrey and England team-mate, Ben, in a car accident in 2002, Hollioake and his family established the Ben Hollioake Fund to raise funds for CHASE hospice care for children.[3] In 2003 he undertook 'The Journey', walking from Edinburgh, then sailing the English channel from Brighton to Dieppe, riding from Dieppe to Gibraltar and finally rowing from Gibraltar to Tangiers.[5] The journey took over 2 months and raised several hundred thousand pounds for the Chase Charity.
In 2004 Hollioake's charity broke the world record for the number of participants in a continuous 100 metre relay.[9] Other fundraising projects Hollioake has been involved in include Cricket Challenge, which raises money for the Queensland based charity Paradise Kids,[10] where members of the public compete against stars and cricketing legends, and the Battle of the Stars charity golf day.
[edit] Media work
Hollioake made several appearances on the BBC programme A Question of Sport and Sky Sports Cricket AM, as well as appearing on programmes such as the 2004 Test the Nation quiz.[11] He worked for Sky again in their coverage of the Ashes in 2010.[citation needed] In 2005 Hollioake took part in a revived Superstars programme on BBC television, finishing fourth in the competition behind skier Alain Baxter, Olympic athlete Du'aine Ladejo and rower Steve Williams.[12] In 2007 Hollioake and Ladejo formed Quiet Storm Productions, which owned the television show Australia's Greatest Athlete.[13]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Wilde.S (2003) Adam Hollioake - Wisden cricketer of the year, Wisden. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
- ^ a b c Hollioake calls it a day, BBC sport website, 2004-09-01. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
- ^ a b c Brett.O (2005) Life after cricket, BBC sport website, 2005-06-21. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
- ^ England vs Australia, 5th test 1997, Scorecard, Cricinfo. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
- ^ a b Hollioake to run London Marathon, BBC sport website, 2007-03-21. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
- ^ Blewett, Hollioake hit high notes, BBC sport website, 2005-06-20. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
- ^ McGlashan.A Coverdale.B(2008) Welcome back, we weren't expecting you, Cricinfo, 2008-05-08. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
- ^ Essex sign Hollioake for Twenty20, BBC sport website, 2007-06-19. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
- ^ World relay record for Hollioake, BBC sport website, 2004-10-22. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
- ^ Cricket Challenge, Paradise Kids. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
- ^ Adam Hollioake, IMdB profile. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
- ^ Baxter crowned Superstars king, BBC sport website, 2005-01-24. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
- ^ Chamberlin.T (2010) Cricketer Hollioake caught in $2.7m lawsuit, 2010-12-25. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
- The Times Online "Adam Hollioake The Big Interview" by Paul Kimmage
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