Chris Adams praised his opposite number Adam Hollioake after the Surrey skipper guided his side to a place in the semi-finals of the C&G Trophy.

Two days after a memorial service for his brother Ben, who was killed in a road accident in March, Hollioake smashed 117 not out off 59 balls while Mark Ramprakash also made a century as Surrey piled up 337-3.

Murray Goodwin led Sussex's response with 110 not out, but the county finished 14 runs short on 323-8.

Adams said: "It was as good a display of clean-hitting you are ever likely to see. You couldn't begrudge this guy anything at the moment because he's been to hell and back in the last few months.

"The way he played suggests he is just trying to enjoy what comes along at the moment and thinking what will be will be.

"There's a great lesson for everyone there in that there are worse things that can happen than losing a quarter-final."

Richard Montgomerie supported Goodwin with 88, but the Zimbabwean ran out of partners after scoring his second hundred at Hove in four days.

Adams added: "By his standards Murray's had a poor run recently, but in the last couple of weeks he looks to be the quality player that we know he is and the reason we brought him here as our overseas player."