Michael Slater Wife: Is Michael Slater Married?
Michael Jonathon Slater is a retired Australian professional cricketer and TV presenter who played in 74 Test matches and 42 One Day Internationals for the Australian national cricket team. He was born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, and played for the New South Wales Blues in domestic cricket and Derbyshire in English county cricket.
Slater struggled in One Day International games and was dropped from the one-day team. He also had difficulty with getting out when he was in the “nervous nineties,” being dismissed in the nineties nine out of 23 times. However, his 123-run score against England at Sydney in the 1998-99 Ashes series was particularly memorable as it made up 66.84% of his team’s total score, which was the highest proportion since the very first test innings ever played.
Slater also experienced personal difficulties due to his mother leaving the family when he was 12 years old and being bullied at school. After being accused of taking drugs by the Australian Cricket Board, his performance slumped, and he became reclusive. This led to his retirement from professional cricket after 74 test games.
Slater went on to become a TV commentator for cricket and other sports. He has worked for Channel 4 in the UK, Nine’s Wide World of Sports cricket commentary team, and Channel Nine’s health and lifestyle programme. He has also presented sports programmes for Channel 9, such as The Footy Show and The Cricket Show.
In 2021, Slater went to India to commentate on the Indian Premier League cricket during the COVID-19 pandemic. He caused controversy by criticizing the Australian COVID-19 travel restrictions and claiming that the Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison had “blood on his hands” over the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, he was not offered a contract renewal by the Seven Network, citing “budget restraints.”
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Michael Slater Wife
Michael Slater, the former Australian cricketer and television personality is currently married to his lovely wife Jo Slater. Slater found love and support with Jo Slater, whom he married in the late 2000s. The couple first met in 2005 and began dating soon after. Jo Slater has been instrumental in helping her husband overcome his depression, and they now live together with their three children in Sydney.
Jo Slater is a yoga instructor and provides a calm and supportive environment for her husband when he returns from his frequent commentary jobs. Michael Slater is a proud father of two sons and a daughter, with his daughter named Isabella. While the identities of his sons remain unknown, it is clear that family is incredibly important to Slater.
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