Ian Saxelby

Ian Saxelby (born 22 May 1989) is a former English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Gloucestershire. He was born in Nottingham.

Ian Saxelby
Personal information
Full nameIan David Saxelby
Born (1989-05-22) 22 May 1989
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2008–2014Gloucestershire
First Class debut22 May 2008 Gloucestershire v Middlesex
Career statistics
Competition FC List A
Matches 38 17
Runs scored 626 30
Batting average 16.47 6.00
100s/50s 0/1 0/0
Top score 60* 7*
Balls bowled 5515 604
Wickets 106 22
Bowling average 30.79 29.59
5 wickets in innings 3 0
10 wickets in match 1 n/a
Best bowling 6/69 4/31
Catches/stumpings 12/0 0/–
Source: , 10 September 2012

Playing career

Saxelby made his Second XI debut for the Nottinghamshire team in the 2006 Second XI trophy in a game in which Francois du Plessis and Josh Mierkalns made a double-century and a century respectively. In July 2008 Saxelby appeared for England Under-19s in a game against a Bangladesh A team.

Saxelby made his first-class debut later in the same month 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.

In 2011, Saxelby took an impressive 49 County Championship wickets, which earned him a 3-year contract.[1] On 16 August 2012, Saxelby was ruled out for the rest of the season after suffering a knee injury.[2] Coach, John Bracewell was concerned that by October, Saxelby was not making good progress.

Career best performances

as of 12 December 2012

Batting Bowling
Score Fixture Venue Season Score Fixture Venue Season
FC 60* Gloucestershire v Northamptonshire Northampton 2009 6–48 Gloucestershire v Leicestershire Cheltenham 2012
LA 7* Gloucestershire Gladiators v Surrey Brown Caps Bristol 2009 4–31 Gloucestershire Gladiators v Surrey Brown Caps Bristol 2009
T20 7* Gloucestershire Gladiators v Northamptonshire Steelbacks Bristol 2012 4–16 Gloucestershire Gladiators v Northamptonshire Steelbacks Bristol 2012

Personal life

Saxelby's uncle, Kevin, played for Nottinghamshire between 1978 and 1990, while another uncle, Mark, died in 2000 of disputed causes, posited either as weedkiller poisoning or suicide due to clinical depression.

References
  1. "Gloucestershire quartet awarded new contracts". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  2. "Gloucestershire's Ian Saxelby to miss season run-in". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
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