Surrey suffer more tragedy as Tom Maynard is killed The events leading to Maynard's death on the District Line are still being investigated. What is known is that Maynard, after making seven runs in Surrey's T20 defeat by Kent at Beckenham on Sunday, was seen driving erratically by police at 4.10am on Arthur Road, Wimbledon, in the early hours of the morning. But after they stopped his black Mercedes C250, he fled the scene before being found dead on the tracks at Wimbledon Park Tube station about an hour later. The driver of the train has spoken about seeing a motionless figure lying on the tracks but was unable to brake in time. The District Line had to be suspended while heavy lifting equipment was used to retrieve the body. It is not known whether he had already been electrocuted by the live rail before the train struck him. Many in the game paid tribute to Maynard but others found it difficult to articulate their feelings, and the Professional Cricketers" Association has offered counselling to his Surrey team-mates. Hugh Morris, the managing director of England cricket, later paid tribute to Maynard, whose father Matthew was a team-mate of Morris's at Glamorgan. "I've known Tom since he was a little boy and our hearts go out to his parents, family and friends," said Morris. Tom was incredibly talented cricketer and had the world at his feet. In many respects he played just like his old man and Matthew was very talented, so Tom was very much on the pathway to the England team. He played for the Lions in Bangladesh last winter and the coaches liked what they saw. To have his life cut short this way is tragic. Surrey chairman Richard Thompson said: "Tom was a prodigiously talented young batsman who was clearly destined for far greater things. Father and son actually played together for Glamorgan (the county where Tom began before moving to Surrey), a rare feat matched only in recent times by Mark and Alan Butcher playing for Surrey. The Maynards" match, against Cardiff UCCE, was not first-class, but son, who made a hundred, did captain father, which is not the way it usually works in cricket. Dad, a bon viveur as well as a destructive batsman, was understandably a great hero for Tom Maynard, who seemed to have inherited his father's love of partying as hard as he played. But wilful young men need someone to give them a sense of perspective and Maynard's move to Surrey took him away from those who perhaps once gave it. The sense of loss is likely to make for a strange atmosphere at Tuesday's match, with England likely to be more affected than the West Indies. Without seeming heartless, the visitors" concern probably centres on whether they can get Chris Gayle, who had a scan on Tuesday on his troublesome shins, onto the field. With Darren Bravo returning home after straining his groin, West Indies will be desperate to get Gayle, their master blaster, into this series. If they can do that, Friday's match at Headingley could yet be a decider.