Evan Allan Watkin (born 2 July 1951) is a New Zealand One-day International and

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. He was born in Te Aroha, Waikato. He has umpired 3 Test matches, all played by New Zealand in

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and

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. His debut Test as an umpire was the 2nd Test against India in December 199

and the second was the 2nd Test against West Indies in December 199

He has also umpired 23 One-day Internationals since 1995 - 21 of which were in the period from 1995 to 2002 - and 3

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s between 2006 and 2009. All of these matches have been played in New Zealand. Apart from his debut ODI, between India and South Africa in Hamilton on 18 February 199

all have involved New Zealand. He has been the

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in another 35 ODIs and 6 T20Is, all in New Zealand. In the

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, Watkin was awarded the Queen's Service Medal, for services to cricket.

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1951 births Living people New Zealand Test cricket umpires New Zealand One Day International cricket umpires New Zealand Twenty20 International cricket umpires Sportspeople from Te Aroha Recipients of the Queen's Service Medal {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1950s-stub

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