Ian Saxelby

Ian David Saxelby (born 22 May 1989) is an English former professional cricketer. He played for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club between 2008 and 2014 as a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler. He was born at Nottingham in 1989 and educated at Oakham School where he captained the school cricket XI.^[1]

Ian Saxelby

Personal information
Full name	Ian David Saxelby
Born	(1989-05-22) 22 May 1989 (age 36) Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2008–2014	Gloucestershire
FC debut	22 July 2008 Gloucestershire v Middlesex
Last FC	11 May 2014 Gloucestershire v Surrey
LA debut	26 April 2009 Gloucestershire v Surrey
Last LA	27 July 2012 Gloucestershire v Netherlands
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 40 17 20 Runs scored 650 30 24 Batting average 15.85 6.00 3.42 100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/0 Top score 60* 7* 7* Balls bowled 5,636 604 411 Wickets 109 22 23 Bowling average 30.59 29.59 23.69 5 wickets in innings 3 0 0 10 wickets in match 1 0 0 Best bowling 6/48 4/31 4/16 Catches/stumpings 12/– 0/– 3/–
Source: CricInfo, 28 January 2023

Playing career

Saxelby made his Second XI debut for the Nottinghamshire team in 2006 in a 50-over Second XI Trophy match in which Faf du Plessis and Josh Mierkalns made a double-century and a century respectively. In July and August 2008 Saxelby appeared for England under-19s against New Zealand under-19s in two under-19 Test matches and three under-19 One Day Internationals.^[1]

Saxelby made his first-class debut earlier in July 2008 for Gloucestershire against Middlesex. He suffered a freak injury in 2009 when he dislocated his shoulder getting out of a swimming pool, after enjoying a good start to the season. He missed all of the 2010 season after dislocating the shoulder again during a friendly match at the start of the season.^[2]

In 2011, Saxelby took an impressive 49 County Championship wickets, which earned him a three-year contract.^[3] In August 2012, after taking 35 wickets during the season, Saxelby was ruled out for the rest of the season after suffering a knee injury.^[2][4] Coach John Bracewell was concerned that by October, Saxelby was not making good progress and he missed the entire 2013 season. Shortly after the start of the following season he broke down again with the same injury. His knee required surgery and he was forced to retire from cricket as a result.^[2] He has since worked in the insurance industry.^[5]

Career best performances

As of 28 January 2023

	Batting				Bowling (innings)
	Score	Fixture	Venue	Season	Figures	Fixture	Venue	Season
First-class	60 not out	Gloucestershire v Northamptonshire	Northampton	2009	6/48	Gloucestershire v Leicestershire	Cheltenham	2012
List A	7 not out	Gloucestershire v Surrey	Bristol	2009	4/31	Gloucestershire v Surrey	Bristol	2009
Twenty20	7 not out	Gloucestershire v Northamptonshire	Bristol	2012	4/16	Gloucestershire v Northamptonshire	Bristol	2012

Family

Saxelby's uncle, Kevin Saxelby, played for Nottinghamshire between 1978 and 1990.^[6] Another uncle, Mark Saxelby, played for Nottinghamshire, Durham and Derbyshire between 1989 and 2000. He died in 2000, committing suicide due to long-term clinical depression.^[2][7][8]