Career
He was a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He started his eleven-year cricketing career at Nottinghamshire, where he enjoyed a fair few successful seasons and consistently averaged in the 30s with the bat without making himself overly known or feared. However, he was soon off to Durham, who spotted him after an excellent century innings in the Sunday leagues.
However, a season after reaching 1000 runs for the first time, Saxelby was once again packing his bags and moving, after patchy form saw him down to number five in the batting lineup.
At the age of 31, Saxelby committed suicide by ingesting weedkiller. He was suffering from depression.
