Disgraced former Australian Test star Michael Slater loses Cricket NSW life membership after Hall of Fame scratching

Disgraced former Australian Test star Michael Slater has lost his Cricket NSW life membership, after already being kicked out of the Hall of Fame.
The 55-year-old was sentenced for domestic violence offences in April this year and released from custody on a suspended prison term.
He pleaded guilty to seven charges, including two counts of choking a woman.
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Cricket NSW resolved to wipe Slater from its records when the case concluded, with a decision handed down this week.
Slater was voted out as a life member on Monday night despite submitting a letter to Cricket NSW fighting to retain the honour, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
The former batsman turned TV commentator, who became Cricket NSW’s 229th life member in 2016, had already been scratched from the Hall of Fame.
Slater was sentenced to four year’s imprisonment to be partially suspended after time served.
The remainder of Slater’s sentence is suspended for five years, during which he will risk being returned to custody if he commits another serious offence.

Slater was cleared for release after he also pleaded guilty to a drink and drug driving offence in Maroochydore Magistrates Court following his domestic violence sentencing.
Supreme Court Justice Paul Freeburn last August heard Slater had a long history of mental health conditions and a number of diagnoses including alcohol use disorder.
Defence barrister Gregory McGuire at the time argued for bail conditions that included Slater moving to NSW and going into rehabilitation.
“He was clearly in the grip of a terrible alcohol addiction,” McGuire previously said.
After making his debut during the 1993 Ashes tour, Slater played 74 Tests for Australia, amassing 5312 runs at an average of 42.83 with 14 tons.
He also played 42 one-day internationals.
Slater retired from cricket in 2004, embarking on a television commentary career.
A NSW magistrate in 2022 convicted Slater of common assault, breaching a restraining order and two other offences against a woman.
Slater was drunk and erratic when he yanked the woman’s hoodie and she fell into a kitchen benchtop.
Over the following months, he tried to email, text and call her more than 100 times in breach of a court order.
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Originally published on 7NEWS Sport

