Everyone has a story. The following interview is taken from the best of Andrew Denton's award-winning Enough Rope series, ranking among the most penetrating discussions from the 2000s with celebrities, larger-than-life personalities, and average Joes.
At the peak of his career, swashbuckler was the word most commonly used to describe Michael Slater. A cricketer as exciting as any in his day - he tore apart opposing teams with skill, grace, and something which is often lacking in the era of professional sport: a sense that he was actually having fun. But that was only the surface of the story. There was always much more to this man than his batting statistics, and what looked like an easy road for him was, in fact, the highway to hell and back.
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