Adam Hollioake

England|Allrounder
Adam Hollioake
INTL CAREER: 1996 - 1999
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Full Name

Adam John Hollioake

Born

September 05, 1971, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Age

52y 196d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium

Playing Role

Allrounder

RELATIONS

(brother)

What Adam Hollioake lacked in ability, he made up for with attitude. He was a natural leader, encouraged his Surrey side to get up the opposition's noses, and relished a scrap. His batting was more artisan than artiste but he was strong square of the wicket and possessed a tasty cover-drive. As a seamer he was more effective in the one-day game, where his hard-to-pick knuckle ball fooled batsmen into playing too early. He shone with the bat in the one-day games against the 1997 Australians - even breaking into the Test team - and later that year inherited the captaincy of England's one-day side from Mike Atherton, who continued to lead in the Tests. It was an unprecedented but initially successful move as Hollioake's inexperienced squad lifted the Akai Singer Champions Trophy in Sharjah. But defeats in West Indies and at home to South Africa cost Hollioake his job. His England career appeared to be over when he was dropped after the disastrous 1999 World Cup, but was back in the selectors' thoughts ahead of the 2003 tournament. By then, however, he had suffered the heartbreak of seeing his talented younger brother, Ben, die in a car accident. Adam returned from an enforced break a more mature character and, sometimes batting like a man possessed, lifted Surrey to a poignant third Championship title in four years. At the end of the 2003 season, he embarked on a sponsored walk, cycle and sail from Scotland to Morocco to raise money for the Ben Hollioake Memorial Fund, and announced his intention to retire at the end of 2004. He came back for one match, in 2005, when he took a hat-trick in a fundraiser, and then in 2007 made an unexpected - and largely unsuccessful - return to Twenty20 cricket, playing for Essex.
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Adam Hollioake Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests460654510.8315841.13007140
ODIs3530660683*25.2580775.0903464130
FC17326321937620838.74--1855--1570
List A284249365984117*28.09--230--870
T20s2219630665*23.53222137.8301221350

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests431446722/312/5533.502.7972.0000
ODIs353212081019324/234/2331.845.0637.7200
FC173-880849271205/62-41.053.3573.4-10
List A284-907481863526/176/1723.255.4125.71870
T20s2219385515405/215/2112.878.029.6220
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Photos of Adam Hollioake

Former England captain Adam Hollioake poses with the World Cup trophy
Adam Hollioake and John Emburey, sporting a fetching yellow hat, walk through the legs of honour
Essex 's Adam Hollioake and Andy Bichel celebrate the dismissal of Middlesex's Andrew Strauss at Lord's
Adam Hollioake, kneeling, watches another Sussex boundary speed to the fence
Adam Hollioake in action for the second time in two days
Adam Hollioake practises in his new Essex kit