“Regrettably, your alcoholism has brought an end to your profession.
“Your rehabilitation will not be easy — alcoholism is part of your make-up.”
He was inducted into the Cricket NSW hall of fame in 2015 after a glittering career that included 74 Tests, 42 one-day internationals and 216 first-class matches for NSW and Australia.
Slater made his Test debut at Old Trafford in 1993 in the same match Shane Warne bowled his “ball of the century” to Mike Gatting.
He formed a productive opening partnership with his NSW and Australia teammate Mark Taylor, who went on to captain Australia.
Following his last Test match in 2001, when he was dropped from the side during an Ashes tour, Slater took up a career in broadcast commentary in Australia and the UK, most recently with Seven.
Slater joined the network when it won free-to-air rights to cover the game in Australia in 2018, but did not have his contract extended in 2021.
In 2016, Slater was awarded Cricket NSW life membership. This masthead has been told Slater’s hall of fame status had already been rescinded before Monday’s meeting.
Life members of CNSW include Taylor, Belinda Clark, Glenn McGrath, Brett Lee, Lisa Sthalekar, Mark and Steve Waugh, Simon Katich, Greg Matthews and Geoff Lawson.
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