During a tense encounter with police in Queensland, former Australian cricketer Michael Slater was charged with assault.

One police officer was reportedly injured on Friday when the incident allegedly took place, according to a police spokesperson. They further explained that the police had been called to the Noosa residence in response to reports of domestic violence and a medical emergency.

On May 2, Slater, now 53 years old, will appear in court on two charges of impeding police.

Slater was also accused of domestic violence, but the charges were dropped due to concerns about his mental health in a Sydney municipal court the previous year.

After retiring from international cricket, Slater worked as a television pundit. In October of 2018, the New South Wales state police accused him with stalking and intimidating his ex-partner.

Later, he was required to check into a mental health institution as a condition of bail when he violated a restraining order by repeatedly contacting his ex-partner by phone and text message.

The batter played 74 Tests for the Australian cricket team between 1993 and 2001. He went on to become a prominent cricket pundit, until he was fired in 2021 by Australia's Channel Seven.