Disgraced Australian cricket great Michael Slater’s monument in home city vandalised

Disgraced former Australian cricketer Michael Slater has had his name removed from the monument on an oval named after him at his childhood home Wagga Wagga.

The 54-year-old is facing 18 charges related to domestic violence, including suffocation and strangulation, assault occasioning bodily harm, four charges of common assault, unlawful stalking and entering a dwelling at night by burglary.

He is also accused of breaching bail conditions and is currently behind bars.

On Wednesday morning it was revealed that vandals had removed his name from the monument to him on the oval named after him.

Slater was refused bail last month as he faced 18 domestic violence charges

Debate has recently divided his home town of Wagga Wagga over the renaming of the sports facility.

City councilor Jenny McKinnon shared an image of the vandalized sign at the oval where “Michael Slater” is no longer visible.

“I have urged Council to urgently change the name of this oval,” McKinnon wrote on Facebook.

“Glad to see someone (maybe the Council?) took a stealth move.”

Wagga has been home to several cricketing greats, including Geoff Lawson and Mark Taylor, who also have ovals named after them.

Councilor Dan Hayes has also called for the oval’s name to be changed since allegations emerged against the cricket legend.

“I want to look at ways we can replace that name with someone more deserving,” Hayes said last year.

“Someone without criminal charges.”

The former cricket star (pictured playing for Australia in 1999) played 74 Tests for his country

The former Channel Nine commentator played 74 Tests for Australia in a career spanning eight years, scoring 5312 runs and 14 centuries in the long form of the game.

He also played in 42 one-day internationals for his country.