Cricket NSW has removed Michael Slater’s life membership and Hall of Fame honours following his recent domestic violence offences.
At a general meeting on Monday night, members voted in favour of a board motion to revoke the honours given to Slater during his long career with the Blues and Australia.
The decision was made despite Slater sending a written submission arguing to keep his life membership, The Sydney Morning Herald reported.
Cricket NSW said the move followed a review of the seriousness of Slater’s offences and reflected the organisation’s commitment to maintaining high standards of conduct at all levels of the game.
Slater has been the subject of multiple protection orders since 2016, with at least five NSW women obtaining orders against him.
In April, he was sentenced in the Maroochydore District Court after pleading guilty to seven charges, including two counts of choking a woman. He had spent more than 12 months in custody and made several unsuccessful attempts to secure bail.
The 55-year-old was released on a suspended prison term.
He was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment, partially suspended due to time already served. The remainder of his sentence will be suspended for five years, with the risk of returning to custody if he commits another serious offence.
He was also cleared for release after pleading guilty to a drink and drug driving offence in Maroochydore Magistrates Court.
Slater, who made his debut during the 1993 Ashes tour, played 74 Tests, scoring 5312 runs at an average of 42.83, along with 42 one-day internationals and 216 first-class matches for NSW.
He became a prominent television commentator after his retirement in 2004, but his broadcasting roles ended in 2021.
In 2022 he was convicted of common assault, breaching a restraining order and other offences against a woman. Court documents showed he was drunk and erratic when he pulled the woman’s hoodie, causing her to fall into a kitchen benchtop. In the months that followed, he attempted to contact her more than 100 times in breach of a court order.
He was inducted into the Cricket NSW Hall of Fame in 2015 and became the organisation’s 229th life member in 2016, with both honours now removed.
This takes him off an exclusive list of life members that includes players such as Mark Taylor, Belinda Clark, Glenn McGrath, Brett Lee, Lisa Sthalekar, Mark and Steve Waugh, Simon Katich, Greg Matthews and Geoff Lawson.
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