Mike Procter: South Africa cricket story dies mature
Mike Procter (left) and Barry Richards every had restricted global careers on memoir of South Africa were banned between 1970 and 1991 Worn South Africa all-rounder Mike Procter has died mature 77, his family secure acknowledged. Procter conducted seven Assessments for South Africa earlier than they were banned from global cricket in 1970 on memoir
Worn South Africa all-rounder Mike Procter has died mature 77, his family secure acknowledged.
Procter conducted seven Assessments for South Africa earlier than they were banned from global cricket in 1970 on memoir of of the country’s apartheid govt.
He spent 14 seasons with Gloucestershire and later coached South Africa on their global return.
His essential other Maryna urged South African website News24 he had suffered complications at some level of surgical blueprint.
Gloucestershire acknowledged the membership’s flag could be diminished to half-mast unless the initiate of the County Championship season on 5 April.
“Mike modified into an ideal player and moderately rightly regarded as sensible among the final word all-rounders that has ever represented Gloucestershire,” vulnerable group-mate David Graveney acknowledged.
“I make no longer judge of us realise that after Mike conducted he modified into playing thru gargantuan anguish in his knee, nevertheless that didn’t halt him from acting at the extent he did.
“The allotment ‘Proctershire’ modified into very lawful for Mike. He attach in the final word performances in the final word games.”
Procter modified into on the a success aspect in six of the seven Assessments he conducted – all in opposition to Australia – between 1967 and 1970 and took 41 wickets at a median of appropriate 15.02 earlier than his global occupation modified into reduce short.
His recognition as a daring shortly bowler modified into correctly earned and in 401 first class games from 1965 to 1988, he took 1,417 wickets at 19.53, with an additional 344 wickets at 18.76 in List A cricket.
He acquired the Gillette Cup and the Benson and Hedges Cup in his time with Gloucestershire, captaining them to the latter, and in 2020 modified into voted the county’s ultimate foreign player.
Procter modified into Proteas coach from 1991 to 1994 and he led the aspect to the semi-finals of the 1992 World Cup.
He later grew to became an Global Cricket Council match referee.
He forfeited the Oval Check between England and Pakistan in 2006 when the away aspect refused to arrangement assist after the tea damage having been penalised for ball-tampering by the umpires.
Procter also banned India’s Harbhajan Singh for 3 Assessments in 2008 for allegedly racially abusing Australia all-rounder Andrew Symonds. The ban modified into lifted shortly afterwards when the costs were downgraded to the utilization of abusive language.
