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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
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.