Perth: At a time when his professional career was not bringing him too much joy with his form dropping, Adam Hollioake was jolted by a personal loss. His brother Ben, six years his junior, and also a Surrey and England cricketer, was killed in a car accident in this city on March 23, 2002.


Ben Hollioake 

Ben (then only 24) was driving back after a customary family dinner, with girlfriend Janaya Scholten, when his Porsche 924 slipped off the Kwinana freeway due to rain and crashed into a brick wall. The brothers then lived in south Perth. Adam's wife Sherryn was seven months pregnant at the time and the couple later decided to name their daughter Bennaya, derived from a combination of Ben and Janaya.