Simon Joseph Vernon Watkins (born 20 January 1989) is an English

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er. Watkins is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm

off break Off spin is a type of finger spin bowling in cricket. A bowler who uses this technique is called an off spinner. Off spinners are right-handed spin bowlers who use their fingers to spin the ball. Their normal delivery is an off break, which spi ...

. He was born in

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and educated at

Corfe Hills School Corfe Hills School is a co-educational upper school in Broadstone, Poole, Dorset, England, in the urban fringe between Poole and Wimborne. The school became an academy in 2011. The school serves Corfe Mullen, Broadstone, Wimborne, Merley and ...

in Broadstone, Dorset. Waktins made his debut for

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in the 2007 MCCA Knockout Trophy against

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. He continues to play Minor counties cricket for Dorset, having also appeared for the county in the

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. Proceeding to

Oxford Brookes University Oxford Brookes University (formerly known as Oxford Polytechnic (United Kingdom), Polytechnic) is a public university, public university in Oxford, England. It is a new university, having received university status through the Further and High ...

, Watkins made his only first-class appearance for

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against

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in 2010. In the University first-innings, Watkins scored an unbeaten 46. In their second-innings, he scored 8 runs before being dismissed by

Josh Davey Joshua Henry Davey (born 3 August 1990) is a Scottish cricketer, who plays for Somerset County Cricket Club having previously played for Middlesex as well as representing his country in One Day Internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20 Internationals. ...

. With the ball, he bowled without success, sending down 17 wicket-less overs. He previously played for the Hampshire Second XI from 2006 to 2009. In 2013 Watkins travelled to Australia, where he represented the Mentone Cricket Club in the Melbourne metropolitan competition, the Victorian Turf Cricket Association.

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