Tim Paine is an international cricket player based in Australia who plays in the Australian domestic cricket league. The Australian wicket-keeper currently plays for the Tasmanian Tigers and was also Australia's captain for Test Matches. He became Australia's 46th Test captain in 2018. He holds the 5th position to keep the most dismissals in a series and 3rd in the captains who have kept wicket (23).
In his more than 15 years of cricketing career, he has numerous records. In Test Match, he holds the 11th position for most runs in a career without a hundred with 1534 runs. Also, he has the most catches(63) in a series. In ODI also, he is the 11th cricketer with the most catches in an innings.
Australian native Timothy David Paine was born on December 8, 1984, under the star sign Sagittarius. He is the son of his father John Paine and his mother Sally Paine. The thirty-four years old holds an Australian nationality and is of white ethnic background.
He was into cricket since his early days. According to his father, he was always the smallest one to play. He said,
"We lived in a fairly quiet street and we lived right next to the beach so they used to play a fair bit of beach cricket. He was always the smallest one playing cricket."
He grew up in Tasmania along with his 5 siblings. His brother Nick Paine is also a professional football player playing in the Tasmanian Football League. Nick Paine's brother Tim was also very good at football, before moving to cricket professionally.
Timothy Paine has an estimated net worth of $6 million equal to 44 crores Indians. Paine accumulated most of his income from cricketing both in clubs and internationally. Bonuses and incentives also add to his fortune.
He also earns from playing for the Tasmanian Tigers and must be earning well.
According to sources, he earns $278,000 as a base salary from Australia. Meanwhile Australia's captain Aaron Finch is the highest-paid Australian cricketer who earns $750,000 per year.
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Paine Tim is currently happily married to his wife, Bonnie Maggs. The love birds had their beautiful wedding ceremony with their close relatives and friends in 2016.
Tim's wife Bonnie is also a music celebrity by profession who is in the Elephant Rivals group since 2006. She was born on November 2, 1985, in Hobart, Australia.
Recently, Bonnie broke the news after her baby was seen being a babysitter by Rishabh Pant, an Indian cricketer.
The couple has a total of 3 children, Milla, Charlie, and Wilson.
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In 2017, Bonnie's husband Tim was found to be involved in a scandal where he sent a private message to one of the former employees of Tasmania cricket.
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The news again came into the limelight in November 2021 and finally, she has opened her thought about it. She said,
“I felt betrayed, and I felt hurt, upset, and I felt ***sed off, I also had feelings of gratitude because he was being so honest with me."
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