Michael Slater

Michael Slater
Slater in 2008
Personal information
Full name
Michael Jonathon Slater
Born (1970-02-21) 21 February 1970 (age 54)
Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
NicknameSlats
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm medium
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 357)3 June 1993 v England
Last Test20 August 2001 v England
ODI debut (cap 114)9 December 1993 v South Africa
Last ODI24 May 1997 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1991/92–2003/04New South Wales
1998–1999Derbyshire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 74 42 216 135
Runs scored 5,312 987 14,912 3,395
Batting average 42.83 24.07 40.85 26.52
100s/50s 14/21 0/9 36/69 2/27
Top score 219 73 221 115
Balls bowled 25 12 133 12
Wickets 1 0 3 0
Bowling average 10.00 37.66
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 1/4 1/4
Catches/stumpings 33/– 9/– 116/– 31/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  Australia
ICC Cricket World Cup
Runner-up 1996 India-Pakistan-Sri Lanka
Source: Cricinfo, 7 December 2009

Michael Jonathon Slater (born 21 February 1970) is an Australian former professional cricketer and former television presenter. He played in 74 Test matches and 42 One Day Internationals for the Australia national cricket team. He was a part of the Australian squad which finished as runners-up at the 1996 Cricket World Cup.