Alastair Cook Net Worth
It might surprise you but cricket belongs to very well paid sports and Alastair Cook is one of the top professional cricketers. Same as other top established players, he is paid annual retainer fee £650,000 ($1 milllion) plus captain bonus and various smaller fees. This makes his total annual salary a very nice round sum. As of 2015, Cook’s net worth is around $8 million.
Alastair was born 25 December 1984 in Gloucester, UK. As a kid, he played at Maldon Cricket Club during his summer holidays. Music was his biggest hobby while growing up and he eventually gained musical scholarship at Bedford School. But since his talent for cricket was becoming more and more obvious, his career path has changed.
In 2003, he already played for Essex County. Since 2004, he’s also playing for Marylebone Cricket Club. Since cricket is especially popular in the countries that used to belong to English Dominion, Cook often travels around the globe. He competes often against teams from Australia, India, Pakistan, and South Africa.
In 2011, Alastair married his girlfriend Alice Hunt. They know each other since childhood. She gave birth to their first child in 3 April 2014. It’s a daughter named Elsie. Alastair is very charitable guy and supported for example Breakthrough Breast Cancer and Everyman Campaign.
