da stake casino: Two Surrey and England stars were injured in the same bizarre incidentduring their match against Northants at Guildford
Matthew Appleby23-Jul-2001Two Surrey and England stars were injured in the same bizarre incidentduring their match against Northants at Guildford.Ally Brown and Ben Hollioake both sustained hand injuries when an AlexTudor delivery was edged by Norrthamptonshire opener Adrian Rollins.The ball hit third slip Brown on the left thumb, rebounding on to third slipHollioake’s left wrist.Brown is out for ten days minimum, but “at the worst it could be sevenweeks”, revealed Surrey coach Keith Medlycott. The international sees aspecialist today.Last week’s Benson and Hedges Cup final hero Hollioake will be unavailable for seven to ten days.Brown batted on the day after he was hurt, scoring a match-winning 103,which contained fewer boundaries (just 11) than a typical Brown knock, due tothe injury.Medlycott concluded: “We’ve been a little bit unlucky, but we’ve got a weekoff now, so it’s come at a decent time and then hopefully we can get theinjuries under a bit more control.”