Background
He was born in Dewsbury, Shropshire.
He was born in Dewsbury, Shropshire.
Blakeley was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. Blakeley made his debut for Shropshire in the 1993 Minor Counties Championship against Berkshire. Blakeley played Minor counties cricket for Shropshire from 1993 to 1994, which included 14 Minor Counties Championship appearances and 2 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.
He made his only List A appearance against Somerset in the 1993 National Westminster Trophy.
In this match, he bowled 8 wicket-less overs for the cost of 69 runs, while with the bat he scored 23 runs before being dismissed by Mushtaq Ahmed.