Australian cricket nice and former commentator Michael Slater has been charged by police following an alleged incident on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.
A Queensland Police spokeswoman mentioned police would allege Mr Slater, 53, assaulted an officer who attended a Noosa Heads handle simply earlier than midnight on Friday following studies of a home violence-related matter and medical incident.
It’s alleged one officer suffered a minimize to his hand, the spokeswoman mentioned.
Mr Slater has been charged with one depend of assaulting police and two counts of obstructing police.
He’ll entrance Noosa Magistrates Courtroom on Could 2.
Mr Slater performed 74 take a look at matches and 42 one-day internationals for Australia between 1993 and 2001.
He scored 5312 runs over his profession.
Mr Slater then turned to commentary with Channel 7 and Channel 9 after retiring from cricket.
