He was a right-hand bat and occasional right-arm off-break bowler, who made 16 One Day International appearances for England between 1996 and 2001, with a best of 118.

Brown attended Caterham School in Surrey, where he won the Cricket Society's Wetherall Award for the most promising all rounder in school cricket in 1986, and his early promise led to second XI games for Surrey in 1988.

He shared the Walter Lawrence trophy (with Carl Hooper) in 1998 for scoring the season's fastest first-class century in just 72 balls against Northamptonshire at the Oval including 10 fours and 6 sixes.

[4] Alistair Brown mostly opened for Surrey in one day cricket, as opposed to his usual Championship batting position of number 5.

He holds the record for the highest score ever made in the Sunday League, amassing 203 for Surrey v Hampshire at the Woodbridge Road ground in Guildford in 1997 in a 40 overs a side match.

In the final of the inaugural Twenty/20 cup at Trent Bridge in 2003 Brown scored a match winning innings of 55* from just 34 balls in Surrey's victory over Warwickshire.

The scorer of 19 one day centuries, he is one of the few contemporary English batsmen to have scored 10,000 runs in list A one-day cricket.

He played in the Surrey team that won the County Championship in 1999, 2000 and 2002 as well the English domestic one day league in 1996 and 2003 and the Benson and Hedges Cup in 1997 and 2001.

He was a member of the side which won the County Championship Division 2 title in 2006 and was rewarded with another contract, being described by coach Alan Butcher as 'a great servant of the club'.