Alastair Cook Wiki, Height, Weight, Age, Girlfriend, Family, Biography & More

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Biography / Wiki

Alastair Cook is a former cricketer who has bagged numerous records and achievements in his name. He has been a consistent high-scoring performer on his team. He was born on 25^th December 1984 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. He is considered to be the most prolific batsman of the modern era.

He ranked fifth on the list of highest test run-scorers of all time. After giving excellent performance, he was appointed as captain of the test team. Again he performed well in leading the team toward winning.

Height / Weight / Age

Date Of Birth	25 December 1984
Age	38 Years
Height	In Centimeters – 188 cm In Feet and Inches – 6’2”
Weight	In Kilograms – 80 kg In Pounds – 176 lbs
Body Measurements	40-34-12
Eye Color	Dark Brown
Hair Color	Black
Shoe Size	8 (US)

Net Worth

As of 2019, Alastair Cook has an estimated net worth of £2.3 million.

Education / Family

Alastair was born to Graham Cook who was an engineer and Stephanie Cook who worked as a teacher. He has two brothers Laurence and Adrian. He attended St Paul’s Cathedral School, London, and Bedford School, Bedfordshire for his elementary education.

Both these schools were boy’s boarding schools. During his schooling, Alastair developed his interest in music and also learned to play musical instruments.

Name	Alastair Cook
Real Name	Alastair Nathan Cook
Nickname	Captain Cook, Cookie, Cookie Monster, Chef
Birth Place	Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
Profession	Former cricketer
Zodiac sign	Capricorn
School	St Paul’s Cathedral School, London Bedford School, Bedfordshire
College	Not known
Religion	Christianity
Nationality	British
Home Town	Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
Debut	Test – 1 March 2006 vs India at Nagpur ODI – 28 June 2006 vs Sri Lanka at Manchester T20 – 28 June 2007 vs West Indies at London
Fathers Name	Graham Cook (Engineer)
Mothers Name	Stephanie Cook (teacher) Alastair Cook with his Parents
Brothers	Laurence Cook, Adrian Cook
Sister	None

Career / Fashion And Style

At the age of 16, he became a member of the Essex Academy. On 1^st March 2006, he played his first test match against India and on 28^th June 2006 he played his first ODI against Sri Lanka.

He became the first English player to score 4 centuries in December 2006. From 2003 to 2006, he consecutively received the NBC Denis Compton Award. Cook set the world record for the most time spent batting in five test-series against Australia in January 2011.

In 2011, he was honored with Freedom of the City of London and Member of the Order of the British Empire. He became the ICC test player of the year in 2011. In October 2016, he became England’s most capped player in the Tests, surpassing Alec Stewart’s record of 134 matches. On 11 September 2018, he announced his retirement from international test cricket.

Girlfriends, Affairs, Wife and More

He married Alice Hunt on 31^st December 2011 at Stewkley Methodist Church, Buckinghamshire.

Girlfriends	Alice Hunt (model)
Marital Status	Married
Wife	Alice Hunt Alastair Cook with his Wife
Children	Daughters – Elsie Cook Alastair Cook with his Kids

Favourite Things

Here we are providing you the list of his favourite things.

Favourite Food	Rump Steak
Favourite Pub	The Lansdowne in Primrose Hill, England
Favourite Destinations	Abu Dhabi, Morocco

Some Interesting Facts About Alastair Cook

In childhood, Alastair was obsessed with music. He was a choirboy in school. He can play a variety of musical instruments like Clarinet, Saxophone, and Piano.

He earned a scholarship to Bedford School because of his musical flair. In the school, he was appointed as the President of its musical society.

In 2004, he represented England at the ICC U-19 World Cup.

Being the youngest Englishman, he holds the record to score 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000 and 6000 test runs.

He batted 836 minutes to score 263 in the first innings of a match against Pakistan; this performance of his was marked the third-longest innings of all time.

He is fond of sweet and revealed that he stole penny sweets from the corner shop.

Apart from being a musician and a cricketer, he is also a great chef.

He is scared of snakes and often gets a nightmare about being eaten by them.

He is associated with many charitable organizations. To spread awareness for testicular cancer he along with James Anderson and Stuart Board posed nude on behalf of the Everyman Campaign.