Liam Andrew Dawson commonly known as Liam Dawson is an English cricketer. Dawson is an all-rounder. Dawson is a right handed batsman and slow left arm orthodox bowler.
Liam represented England in all three formats of cricket. In the 2019 Cricket World Cup Dawson was in the England squad but he did not play any games during the tournament.
Dawson started his first class cricket at the age of 18 for the team called Hampshire. He holds the record for the youngest player to make a debut for this club. Dawson’s batting skills amazed everyone. But his bowling was not so good and for that reason he decided to go to Zimbabwe. In Zimbabwe he played for the club named Mountaineers. At the first match there he picked up seven wickets.
By the year 2015 Dawson became one of the best players of Hampshire’s history.
With all these great performances he attracted a lot of fame and popularity. He also gained a good amount of wealth. In 2021 it is estimated that Dawson’s net worth is approximately USD 2 million.
Dawson’s main source of income is domestic cricket. He played with Hampshire for a long time and helped them to win many crucial matches from time to time. He currently holds a contract with the team and according to which he gets around USD 250K for each season.
Dawson does not hold any contract with the England’s cricket board but if he plays any match for them he will get around USD 26K for each Test match, USD 15K for each ODI and USD 7K for each T20.
Dawson also holds a contract with the team called Peshawar Zalmi, a team of Pakistan Premier League. According to the contract he gets around USD 300K from them for each season.
Dawson also played in the Bangladesh Premier League for many seasons with various teams. From this franchise he accumulated around USD 700K in total. Now he holds a contract with the team called Comilla Victorians and they pay him around USD 150K for each season.