New Delhi, Dec 1 (NationPress) Former Australian Test opener Michael Slater has lost his Cricket NSW life membership and Hall of Fame status after facing a series of domestic violence offences.

The resolution, announced at a Cricket NSW ordinary general meeting on Monday night, follows extensive internal discussions prompted by Slater's ongoing legal issues. Reports from Nine newspapers indicate that the motion to rescind the honors he had maintained for nearly a decade received backing from members and delegates.

Slater was inducted into the Cricket NSW Hall of Fame in 2015, with life membership following in the subsequent year. Despite his written appeal to retain his life membership, Cricket NSW ultimately rejected his request.

Throughout his career, Slater represented Australia in 74 Tests and 42 ODIs from 1993 to 2001. In 2022, he was convicted of domestic violence offences against women, with five women in NSW obtaining protection orders against him since 2016.

That same year, a Sydney court handed him a two-year community corrections order after he pleaded guilty to charges including common assault and attempted stalking.

In April of this year, he admitted guilt to seven domestic violence-related offences, which included two counts of choking a woman. The charges encompassed allegations of assault, strangulation, burglary, and stalking connected to multiple incidents involving a woman. He was sentenced to four years in prison, partially suspended. Notably, the 55-year-old was released after spending over a year in custody due to a bail denial in 2024.

During his Test career, Slater amassed over 5,000 runs, featuring 14 centuries and 21 fifties. Upon his retirement in 2004, he shifted to commentary, initially with Channel 4 in the UK and later with Australia's Seven Network, which ended its association with him in 2021.