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Full name Michael Watkinson
Born August 1, 1961, Westhoughton, Lancashire
Current age 46 years 338 days
Major teams England,Cheshire,Lancashire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium, Right-arm offbreak
Other Coach
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
4
6
1
167
82*
33.40
352
47.44
0
1
18
1
1
0
ODIs
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
0
0
First-class
308
459
49
10939
161
26.68
11
50
156
0
List A
374
296
61
5398
130
22.97
2
20
98
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
4
6
672
348
10
3/64
5/92
34.80
3.10
67.2
0
0
0
ODIs
1
1
54
43
0
-
-
-
4.77
-
0
0
0
First-class
308
47808
24960
739
8/30
33.77
3.13
64.6
27
3
List A
374
16057
12152
381
5/44
5/44
31.89
4.54
42.1
7
3
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v West Indies at Manchester, Jul 27-30, 1995 scorecard
Last Test
South Africa v England at Cape Town, Jan 2-4, 1996 scorecard
Test statistics
Only ODI
South Africa v England at Johannesburg, Jan 13, 1996 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1982 - 1999
List A span
1982 - 2000
Profile
Mike Watkinson was a valuable allrounder - a useful seamer who later turned to offspin, and an aggressive lower middle-order batsman - who was a key member of the Lancashire side which enjoyed success in the 1990s. International recognition came late - he was a week shy of 34 when first picked in 1995 - but he turned in two solid performances against West Indies (and a third less impressive one at The Oval) that won him selection for the winter's tour of South Africa. But he was a peripheral figure on the tour, playing the one ODI, and he returned to the county ranks, moving seamlessly into the role of county coach after retiring. He was drafted in as England's bowling coach for the tour to Bangladesh in 2003-04 and was named as the favourite to replace Peter Moores as the director of England's national academy in 2007.
Cricinfo staff September 2007
