Nasser Hussain
England captain
"This puts everything else in perspective. It was very difficult to play today, but even the cricket is irrelevant. He was an England player four weeks ago and the cricket goes on, but something more important happened today than what happened out on that park.

"It's a small blow compared to what his family are going through, but it's a big blow for us in that dressing room. It's an absolute tragedy that such a young, talented outgoing lad has gone - he had everything going for him."

Duncan Fletcher
England's coach who resurrected Hollioake's international career in 2001
"Ben was a hugely-talented young cricketer, a popular member of the side, and he will be greatly missed by everyone in the England dressing room. He was one of a number of young players that we were looking to take to the World Cup with the one-day squad next winter and it's tragic that a young life has been lost in this way."

David Lloyd
The coach who gave Ben Hollioake his international debut in 1997
"You would be hard pressed to find a more popular lad anywhere in cricket. This is absolutely devastating news for everyone who knew him. Many of this England side who are playing against New Zealand at the moment would have grown up with him in junior cricket or played with him at Surrey. He gave you this impression of being laid back, but there was no one who worked harder at their game than Ben."

"I remember his debut at Lord's when he played so well and his parents were there to watch it and the pride in their faces while he played that innings - it's so very sad. He was such a nice, brilliant, lovely lad."

David Graveney
England's chairman of selectors
"This is a great loss of someone who was so young and so talented. Everyone will remember the impact Ben made on his one-day debut at Lord's against Australia in 1997 and I also remember how proud his family was when both brothers were capped together for England against Australia in the Trent Bridge Test match in the same year."

"This tragedy will hit Surrey County Cricket Club particularly hard following the death of Graham Kersey and my thoughts go to everyone at Surrey and also to Ben's family."

Ian Ward
Surrey team-mate
"It's unbelievable. They say lightning doesn't strike twice but it has. We're all totally devastated. We've lost a great friend and a fine cricketer."

Paul Sheldon
Surrey's chief executive
"This is devastating news. It's terrible to lose such a supreme talent as Ben's just as he was beginning to fulfil his potential as a cricketer.

Jonathan Agnew
BBC Cricket Correspondent
"Ben Hollioake was a free-spirited, hugely talented cricketer"

Pat Murphy
BBC Sport
"He was a very popular man with a ready smile. By his own admission, we hadn't seen the best of Ben Hollioake. He admitted he was still unfulfilled – he had enormous talent and could frustrate people with his inconsistency but never as a guy. He was enormously popular."

Nick Knight
One-day colleague and captain on England A tour in 1997-98
"Above all, he was just a great mate."

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