July dismissed on mental health grounds. The magistrate described the convictions as "warranted" and "expected by the community", saying that repeated domestic violence offending cannot go unpunished. Slater was sentenced to a two-year jail sentence to be served in the community Media work Television After commentating for Channel 4 in the United Kingdom during the 2005 Ashes series, Slater joined Nine's Wide World of Sports cricket commentary team in January 2006. He later appeared as a reporter on Channel Nine's health and lifestyle programme, What's Good For You?. In 2009 to 2010 he was the sports presenter for the Nine Network's Weekend Today alongside co-hosts Cameron Williams and Leila McKinnon. In 2009, he also hosted Australia's Greatest Athlete (alongside Andrew Voss), which aired on Saturday afternoons in January and February. He was co-host of The Footy Show a rugby league-base television program, alongside Paul Vautin, Darryl Brohman, Erin Molan and Beau Ryan and host of The Cricket Show, both on Channel 9. In 2012, Slater called the diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England for Channel 9 and Fox Sports alongside dual Australian Olympic diver Michael Murphy. In 2018, he joined the Seven Network to commentate its coverage of the Test Cricket and Big Bash League. In 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Slater travelled to India to commentate the Indian Premier League cricket during continued uncontrolled outbreak of the virus in India and became controversial for criticisms of the Australian COVID-19 travel restrictions and claiming the Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, had "blood on his hands" over the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Slater was axed by the Seven Network which chose to not renew his contract, citing "budget restraints" Slater appeared as a contestant on the Australian version of Torvill and Dean's Dancing on Ice, becoming the 4th contestant to be eliminated. Radio Slater was a regular contributor to the Triple M Sydney radio sports panel program "Dead Set Legends" and was a replacement co-host of Richard Freedman on Sky Sports Radio's Big Sport Breakfast with Terry Kennedy. Notes References External links Howstat player overview – Michael Slater Dead Set Legends – Michael Slater Australian cricketers 1970 births Living people Australia Test cricketers Australia One Day International cricketers Cricketers at the 1996 Cricket World Cup Australian autobiographers Australian cricket commentators Australian Institute of Sport cricketers Derbyshire cricketers New South Wales cricketers Australian people of English descent Australian