Former South Africa allrounder Mike Procter, the country’s first cricket coach of the post-isolation era and a stalwart with English county Gloucestershire, has died aged 77. Procter was a fierce fast bowler and hard-hitting batter who played seven Test matches, his international career stunted by South Africa’s isolation due to apartheid. He starred in the brilliant Proteas side that famously thrashed Australia 4-0 in the series in South Africa in 1970.
” Procter followed his playing and coaching careers with a position on the International Cricket Council’s panel of match referees. He was the official in charge when Harbhajan Singh was banned in what became the ‘Monkeygate’ saga during India’s tour of Australia in 2008. Procter also served as South Africa’s convener of selectors. He played 401 first-class games, scoring 21,936 runs at an average of 36.01 with 48 hundreds and 109 fifties. He also took 1417 wickets at an average of 19.53.
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