Adam Hollioake announced plans Wednesday for a 2,000-mile trip from Edinburgh to the northern Moroccan town of Tangiers to help raise money for the memorial fund set up following the death of his younger brother Ben.

Adam Hollioake is currently the captain of Surrey, from where he and Ben both went on to represent England.

When Ben, 24, was killed in a car crash in Perth, Western Australia, in March 2002, his family set up the Ben Hollioake Memorial Fund.

Now, in order to raise money for the fund, Adam will walk, cycle and sail the 2,000 mile from Edinburgh to Tangiers after setting off from the Scottish capital on October 2.

Hollioake's journey is expected to take two months and the funds raised will begin the pledge made by the Hollioake family to raise 5 million pounds (8 million dollars) over the next five years for the CHASE Children's Hospice Service in London.

CHASE works to support of children who are not expected to reach their 19th birthday and was a charity both Hollioake brothers had supported.

However, Adam, 32 on Friday, said Wednesday: "I got involved with CHASE over the last six years but I was a fairly fair-weather charity supporter just doing the odd piece of shirt-signing.

"But this is the biggest thing I have been involved with charity-wise," he said.

"Ben was very similar to me, just signing a few shirts, but he had helped out with this charity before and so it seemed appropriate to choose CHASE."

Hollioake will be accompanied for the trip by European heavyweight boxing champion Scott Welch and Lancashire cricketer Ian Sutcliffe.

Also joining him at some point on the UK walking phase of the journey will be former British Prime Minister and lifelong Surrey fan John Major as well as members of the current England squad.

That walk will see Hollioake aim to complete 594 miles over 28 days, an average of nearly 30 miles per day.

Hollioake said: "I was involved in choosing the route, I wanted to travel a long way."

On Saturday November 1, at Brighton Marina, Hollioake and his companions will set sail for Dieppe, France, on board the Ocean Youth Trust boat.

They then cycle from Dieppe to Gibraltar via the southwestern French town of Perpignan, and from Gibraltar to Tangiers by boat.

"We would like to raise 5 million to pay for the building of a new day centre for CHASE.

"This should also cover the initial running costs," Hollioake explained.