
John, father of former England players Adam and Ben Hollioake, talks candidly about a fairytale with a tragic endingBy Jo Harman for Wisden Cricket Monthly“Everything was a battle royal,” says John Hollioake, recalling his two sons, Adam and Ben, going hell for leather at the family home in Melbourne. “They’d play every sport known to man. They used to fight like hell, even in the kitchen. They had the competitiveness I had in spades. I just wasn’t bloody good enough to make the most of it.”Windows were broken, ornaments smashed, some of which John and his wife Daria have kept to this day as mementos of a time when their gifted young children were exploring how far their talent could take them. Continue reading...
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