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| An inquest into the death of the former Surrey cricketer Tom Maynard, who was electrocuted on a railway track last year, will begin at Westminster coroner's court on Tuesday. | An inquest into the death of the former Surrey cricketer Tom Maynard, who was electrocuted on a railway track last year, will begin at Westminster coroner's court on Tuesday. |
| Maynard, son of the former Glamorgan and England batsman Matthew Maynard and widely regarded as a future England player himself, was found dead on the tracks near Wimbledon Park station in the early hours of 18 June. | Maynard, son of the former Glamorgan and England batsman Matthew Maynard and widely regarded as a future England player himself, was found dead on the tracks near Wimbledon Park station in the early hours of 18 June. |
| The 23-year-old had been stopped near the Wimbledon mosque shortly after 4am by police who had seen him driving his black Mercedes "erratically". He fled on foot, and his body was found less than an hour later. He had been run over by a district line train; British Transport police subsequently confirmed the cause of death as electrocution. | The 23-year-old had been stopped near the Wimbledon mosque shortly after 4am by police who had seen him driving his black Mercedes "erratically". He fled on foot, and his body was found less than an hour later. He had been run over by a district line train; British Transport police subsequently confirmed the cause of death as electrocution. |
| Jade Dernbach and Rory Hamilton-Brown, one a current England cricketer and the other a former Surrey captain, will appear as witnesses. Hamilton-Brown, with whom Maynard shared a flat, and Dernbach were two of the last people to see him alive, the three having played for Surrey the previous day in a Friends Life Twenty20 fixture against Kent in Beckenham. | Jade Dernbach and Rory Hamilton-Brown, one a current England cricketer and the other a former Surrey captain, will appear as witnesses. Hamilton-Brown, with whom Maynard shared a flat, and Dernbach were two of the last people to see him alive, the three having played for Surrey the previous day in a Friends Life Twenty20 fixture against Kent in Beckenham. |
| Surrey, who had signed Maynard from Glamorgan in the autumn of 2010, are expected to be represented at the inquest and to make a statement after it. Further statements are expected from the England and Wales Cricket Board and from Maynard's family, although they are not expected to attend. | Surrey, who had signed Maynard from Glamorgan in the autumn of 2010, are expected to be represented at the inquest and to make a statement after it. Further statements are expected from the England and Wales Cricket Board and from Maynard's family, although they are not expected to attend. |
| Dernbach has spent most of the winter on tour with England, playing in Twenty20 matches and one-day internationals in India and New Zealand, the last of them 10 days ago in Wellington. Hamilton-Brown, who became county cricket's youngest captain when he joined Surrey from Sussex as a 22-year-old in December 2009, took an extended break on compassionate grounds after Maynard's death, then relinquished the captaincy and in September was released to rejoin Sussex for the 2013 season. | Dernbach has spent most of the winter on tour with England, playing in Twenty20 matches and one-day internationals in India and New Zealand, the last of them 10 days ago in Wellington. Hamilton-Brown, who became county cricket's youngest captain when he joined Surrey from Sussex as a 22-year-old in December 2009, took an extended break on compassionate grounds after Maynard's death, then relinquished the captaincy and in September was released to rejoin Sussex for the 2013 season. |
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