What is John Watkins (South African cricketer)?
{{Confused|John Watkins (Australian cricketer)}} '''John Cecil Watkins''' (10 April 1923 &ndash; 6 September 2021) was a [[South Africa]]n [[cricket]]er. He was born in [[Durban]], [[KwaZulu-Natal Province|Natal]]. He played in fifteen [[Test cricket|Tests]] for [[South Africa national cricket team|South Africa]] from 1949 to 1957. His first Test was against [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] and his last was against [[England cricket team|England]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/47869.html|title=John Watkins|publisher=[[ESPN]]cricinfo|access-date=17 January 2020}}</ref> Watkins died on 6 September 2021 in Durban from [[COVID-19]] at the age of 98.<ref>[https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/118918/john-watkins-former-south-african-test-cricketer-passes-away-at-98-cricbuzzcom John Watkins, former South African Test cricketer, passes away at 98]</ref><ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/former-south-africa-allrounder-john-watkins-dies-aged-98-ten-days-after-contracting-covid-19-1276549 John Watkins dies aged 98 ten days after contracting Covid-19]</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{Cricketarchive}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Watkins, John}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Cricketers from Durban]] [[Category:White South African people]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Durban]] {{Sports-bio-stub}}