Michael Slater is one of those batters that have been underrated and not as many people talk about him when they talk about the best batters in Australian cricket. He has played 74 Test Matches for Australia. In those Matches he has made 5312 runs at an average of 42.84 with 14 hundreds in Test Cricket. He also has a double hundred in Test Cricket. Michael Slater has also played 42 ODIs for Australia and he has made 987 runs.
Let’s look at the Top 5 Best Innings of Michael Slater
1) 219 vs Sri Lanka (1995)
This is the highest score by Michael Slater in his career. This came in 1995 and he was batting at the top. He played 321 balls and he smashed 15 fours and 5 sixes meaning 90 runs in boundaries. He ran for 129 of his runs and still he had a strike rate of 68. This tells everyone that running between the wickets is extremely important. This innings made him into a great player. Australia won this match by an innings and 36 runs.
2) 176 vs England (1994)
This was one of his most special hundreds because he made this against England. This test match was a good one and Australia were batting first. He made 176 Runs from 244 balls meaning he was striking at 72.13 strike rate. He hit 25 fours in this knock meaning 100 runs came in boundaries. This was an innings that gave the young Michael Slater a lot of confidence. His hundred allowed Australia to win this match by 184 runs.
3) 168 vs New Zealand (1993)
The 90s was a good decade for Michael Slater. This was one of his Early test Hundreds and he had shown the knack of hitting big hundreds against quality opposition. In this match he was batting first and he took 235 balls to make 268 of the most sublime runs. He hit 17 fours meaning 68 runs in boundaries. He ran for 100 of his runs and still was striking at over 71. Michael Slater was a special batter and was perfect at the Top. Australia won this test match by an innings and 222 runs.
4) 169 vs Pakistan (1999)
This was one of the later hundreds of his career and it was against the very good bowling attack of Pakistan. In this match, Australia were replying to Pakistan and he was again at his best. He made 169 runs from 271 Balls. Michael Slater hit 25 fours and 1 six in this innings meaning 106 runs in boundaries. He had a strike rate of 62. He made sure that Australia win this test match by 10 Wickets.
5) 152 vs England (1993)
All 5 scores in this list are over 150 and that is very rare for a batter. This tells everyone about the greatness of Michael Slater. This was the first hundred of his Test Career. He absolutely decimated England like he was in it for 10 years. He made 152 in 253 balls. He hit 18 fours meaning 72 runs in boundaries. He had a strike rate of 58. He was used to batting at a strike rate of close to 60 which is ideal. Australia won this match by an innings and 62 runs.
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