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Michael Slater Biography

Michael Slater is one of the most popular and richest Sportscaster who was born on February 21, 1970 in Australia. Former cricketer, who became a well-known media personality as co-host of “The Footy Show” (television) and “The Cricket Show”. He was a cricketer who led Australia to the 1996 Cricket World Cup Final.

Both he and He and Glenn McGrath both represented Australia at the 1996 Cricket World Cup. represented Australia at 1996 Cricket World Cup.

Michael Jonathon Slater (born 21 February 1970) is an Australian television presenter and former cricketer who played in 74 Tests and 42 One Day Internationals for the Australian cricket team from 1993 to 2001. He subsequently became a cricket commentator and he previously worked on rugby league coverage with The Footy Show where he was co-host with Paul “Fatty” Vautin.

He became co-host of rugby league’s The Footy Show, where he works alongside Paul Vautin, Darryl Brohman, Erin Molan and Beau Ryan (Slater is known to be a supporter of NRL team the Manly Sea Eagles, the same team Vautin captained to a premiership in 1987), and host of The Cricket Show on Channel 9.

He has older siblings, Tracey and Julian.

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Slater’s matchwinning 123 against England at Sydney in the 1998–99 Ashes series comprised 66.84 per cent of his team’s entire total. This remains the greatest proportion since Charles Bannerman made 165 not out in the very first test innings of all, which was 67.34 per cent of his team’s total.

Michael Slater Net Worth

Michael Slater is one of the richest Sportscaster from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Michael Slater's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a member of the New South Wales Primary School Sports Association and played both hockey and cricket.

He was once a contestant on “Torvill & Dean’s Dancing on Ice”.

The son of Peter and Carole, Slater was born in the New South Wales rural city Wagga Wagga after his parents and two elder siblings (Julian and Tracey) had emigrated from the north-eastern coast of England in 1966. They originally migrated to Launceston, Australia by boat, after deciding against moving to Canada. In Launceston, Slater’s father taught agriculture and science at high school, as he had done since graduating from college. After three years in Launceston, the Slaters moved to Junee then Wagga Wagga, and Peter became a lecturer in agriculture at what is now known as the Charles Sturt University. Slater lived in Junee for some of his life Wagga Wagga for his entire childhood, eventually leaving with only fond memories. He later wrote: “Wagga Wagga was a great place to grow up, for many reasons. It was a good size – it had a population of around 50,000 when we moved there – and it was in the country, with a great Australian climate. My family was always involved in sport, so from an early age it just seemed natural for me to play any game that was on offer.”

After commentating for Channel 4 in the United Kingdom during the 2005 Ashes series, he joined Nine’s Wide World of Sports cricket commentary team in January 2006. Slater appeared as a contestant on the Australian version of Torvill and Dean’s Dancing on Ice, becoming the 4th contestant to be eliminated. He later appeared as a reporter on Channel Nine’s health and lifestyle programme, What’s Good For You?.

Also in 2009, he hosted Australia’s Greatest Athlete (alongside Andrew Voss), which aired on Saturday afternoons in January and February.

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He was a product of the AIS Australian Cricket Academy (1989) before appearing for New South Wales in the 1991/92 Sheffield Shield season. He made quick progress to the Australian Test team, and was selected for the Ashes tour of England in 1993, when he was just 23 years of age, narrowly beating Queenslander Matthew Hayden to the opening berth alongside Mark Taylor, who also grew up in Wagga Wagga. In his debut match, he scored a half-century, before compiling his maiden century in the following Test at Lord’s. He continued his good form into the subsequent home series against New Zealand in 1993–94, netting 305 runs at an average of 76.25. In the 1994–95 return Ashes series in Australia, the right-hander was the leading run-scorer in the series with 623. The following season saw Slater notch his first double-century, against Sri Lanka at the WACA in Perth.

He remained Sunday sports presenter for Weekend Today until 2010.

Who is Michael Slater Dating?

According to our records, Michael Slater is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Michael Slater’s is not dating anyone.

It was announced in January 2009 that Slater would become Sunday sports presenter for the Nine Network’s Weekend Today alongside co-hosts Cameron Williams and Leila McKinnon.

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Michael Ranked on the list of most popular Sportscaster. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Michael Slater celebrates birthday on February 21 of every year.

An accident at school when he was seventeen saw Slater hurt his Achilles tendon. He played a couple of hockey games following the accident, but had to limp off the field and have consequent surgery in the lead-up to the Under–17 national cricket carnival. Soon after, Slater was informed that, because of his injury, his “dream of playing cricket for Australia was over”. After an operation, though, he surprisingly returned to cricket and was selected in the Under–19 state team for the national championships in Brisbane. After an injury to the captain, Slater once again captained his state, although he and his team under-performed. He returned as vice-captain the following year for the Under–19 carnival in Canberra, and scored a century in the opening match. In a victorious final against Victoria, Slater scored another century, becoming one of the leading run-scorers in the series.

Was Michael Slater a good cricketer?

Cricket career Slater went on to test cricket, opening the batting with mixed-success, scoring 5,312 runs and 14 centuries at an average of 42. He was generally not successful in One Day International games, averaging a lowly 24.07 and was dropped from one day teams.

How many times did Michael Slater get out in the 90s?

Statistically, one of the worst victims of the nervous nineties was Australian opener (and now commentator) Michael Slater, dismissed in the nineties 9 times in his test career, and surviving to make a century 24 times.

How many kids does Michael Slater have?

Michael Slater is the father of three children, two sons and a daughter.

Is Michael Slater an alcoholic?

Slater has undergone psychiatric therapy and been diagnosed with major depressive disorder, alcohol addiction, borderline personality disorder, and ADHD.

Which former Australian cricketer got his name disease from his Australian cricket team mates?

A destructive batsman, Slater quite ironically could not build a great career in limited-overs cricket. A prolonged form slump and a rare disease called Ankylosing Spondylitis forced him to quit the game early at the age of 34.

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