Simon Watkins
English cricketer (born 1989)
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Simon Joseph Vernon Watkins (born 20 January 1989) is an English cricketer. Watkins is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Wandsworth, London and educated at Corfe Hills School in Broadstone, Dorset.
Wandsworth, London, England
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| Full name | Simon Joseph Vernon Watkins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 January 1989 Wandsworth, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Oxford UCCE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–present | Dorset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 2 June 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Waktins made his debut for Dorset in the 2007 MCCA Knockout Trophy against Cornwall.[1] He continues to play Minor counties cricket for Dorset, having also appeared for the county in the Minor Counties Championship.[2]
Proceeding to Oxford Brookes University, Watkins made his only first-class appearance for Oxford UCCE against Middlesex in 2010.[3] In the university first-innings, Watkins scored an unbeaten 46. In their second-innings, he scored 8 runs before being dismissed by Josh Davey.[4] With the ball, he bowled without success, sending down 17 wicket-less overs.[5]
He previously played for the Hampshire Second XI from 2006 to 2009.[6]
In 2013 Watkins travelled to Australia, where he represented the Mentone Cricket Club in the Melbourne metropolitan competition, the Victorian Turf Cricket Association.