Michael Watkinson was born on 1 August 1961 and is a former English cricketer who played four Test matches and one One Day International in the mid-1990s.
13 Facts About Mike Watkinson
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Mike Watkinson showed early promise as an all-round sportsman, excelling in both cricket and football, and achieving good standards in golf and basketball.
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Mike Watkinson 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.
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Mike Watkinson attended Westhoughton County Primary School, and Rivington and Blackrod High School.
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Mike Watkinson helped Lancashire to win both the Benson and Hedges Cup and the NatWest Bank Trophy in 1990, winning the man of the match award in the final of the former.
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Mike Watkinson was captain of the Lancashire side from 1992 to 1997.
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Mike Watkinson helped them to win the Benson and Hedges Cup in 1995.
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Mike Watkinson made his Test cricket debut against the West Indies in 1995 at Old Trafford, when Atherton was England captain.
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Mike Watkinson was thus placed in the unusual position, in his debut on his county home ground, of being captained by a county colleague of whom he was usually the captain in county cricket.
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England won his first test, Mike Watkinson contributing 37 runs and five wickets, three of them in the second innings.
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Atherton later praised Mike Watkinson's bowling, saying: "He was a bit nervous in the first innings but bowled exceptionally in the second".
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In October 2014, Mike Watkinson announced that he was to resign from his role as Director following a disappointing season, which saw the club relegated from the top flight of County Championship Cricket, this ended his 32-year association with Lancashire.
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In December 2014, Mike Watkinson became director of cricket at Manchester Grammar School.