Mike Watkinson

Mike Watkinson
Personal information
Full name	Michael Watkinson
Born	1 August 1961 (age 60); Westhoughton, Lancashire, England
Batting	Right-hand bat
Bowling	Right-arm medium pace or off-breaks
Role	All-rounder
Relations	L Watkinson (son)
International information
National side	England (1995–1996);
Test debut (cap 575)	27 July 1995 v West Indies
Last Test	4 January 1996 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 134)	13 January 1996 v South Africa
Career statistics
	Source: [1], 4 August 2013

Mike Watkinson (born 1 August 1961 in Westhoughton, Lancashire) is a former English cricketer who played four test matches and one One Day International in the mid-1990s. A right-handed batsman and right-arm bowler of either medium-pace or off-spin, he was instrumental in Lancashire County Cricket Club's successes in the 1990s, and is now the county's cricket manager.

He showed early promise as an all-round sportsman, excelling in both cricket and football, and achieving good standards in golf and basketball. He demonstrated that good hand, ball and eye co-ordination can be applied to many sports, and thus it is no surprise that he was able to make his living through sport.

Watkinson attended Westhoughton County Primary School, and Rivington and Blackrod High School. During this time he was a regular player at Westhoughton Cricket Club in the Bolton Cricket League, where he drew attention from Teddy Gerrard, a coach at the club.

From these beginnings, and following cricketing predecessors from the club (four of the Tyldesley family made the ground staff at Old Trafford, with Dick Tyldesley reaching international level with England) Watkinson emulated the local heroes, playing for Lancashire and England. He was captain of the Lancashire side from 1992 to 1997.

He has taken the position of Club Manager for Lancashire, and no longer plays professional cricket.

In October 2014 Watkinson announced that he was going to resign from his role as Director of Lancashire following a disappointing season, which saw the club relegated for the second time in Two Years from the top flight of County Championship Cricket, this for Watkinson ends an association with his home county club that he has been with since 1982.

In 2018, Watkinson became Director of Sports at The Manchester Grammar School.^{[citation needed]}

His son, Liam Watkinson, has played four first-class matches for Leeds/Bradford MCCU.^{[citation needed]}

External links[]

Mike Watkinson at ESPNcricinfo

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