Michael Watkinson (born 1 August 1961) is a former English cricketer who played four Test matches and one One Day International in the mid-1990s.
He showed early promise as an all-round sportsman, excelling in both cricket and football, and achieving good standards in golf and basketball.
It was a team featuring many internationals, including Michael Atherton, Neil Fairbrother, Graeme Fowler, Peter Martin, and the Pakistan star Wasim Akram; later he would also play alongside Andrew Flintoff and Muttiah Muralitharan.
According to Christopher Martin-Jenkins, this result was assured by "the resourceful batting of Lancashire`s cool, competent and battle-hardened captain and Illingworth`s courageous defiance of doctor`s orders to share in England`s largest last-wicket stand since Bob Willis and Peter Willey put on 117 in 1980".
[3] In October 2014, 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.