Former South Africa all-rounder Mike Procter has died aged 77, his household have mentioned.
Procter performed seven Checks for South Africa earlier than they have been banned from worldwide cricket in 1970 due to the nation’s apartheid authorities.
He spent 14 seasons with Gloucestershire and later coached South Africa on their worldwide return.
His spouse Maryna told South African website News24 he had suffered issues throughout surgical procedure.
Gloucestershire mentioned the membership’s flag can be lowered to half-mast till the beginning of the County Championship season on 5 April.
“Mike was a implausible participant and fairly rightly thought to be among the finest all-rounders that has ever represented Gloucestershire,” former team-mate David Graveney mentioned.
“I do not assume individuals realise that when Mike performed he was taking part in by means of nice ache in his knee, however that did not cease him from performing on the stage he did.
“The part ‘Proctershire’ was very apt for Mike. He put within the greatest performances within the greatest video games.”
Procter was on the profitable aspect in six of the seven Checks he performed – all towards Australia – between 1967 and 1970 and took 41 wickets at a mean of simply 15.02 earlier than his worldwide profession was minimize brief.
His status as a formidable quick bowler was nicely earned and in 401 first-class video games from 1965 to 1988, he took 1,417 wickets at 19.53, with an extra 344 wickets at 18.76 in Checklist A cricket.
He gained the Gillette Cup and the Benson and Hedges Cup in his time with Gloucestershire, captaining them to the latter, and in 2020 was voted the county’s best abroad participant.
Procter was Proteas coach from 1991 to 1994 and he led the aspect to the semi-finals of the 1992 World Cup.
He later grew to become an Worldwide Cricket Council match referee.
He forfeited the Oval Check between England and Pakistan in 2006 when the away aspect refused to return after the tea break having been penalised for ball-tampering by the umpires.
Procter additionally banned India’s Harbhajan Singh for 3 Checks in 2008 for allegedly racially abusing Australia all-rounder Andrew Symonds. The ban was lifted quickly afterwards when the costs have been downgraded to the usage of abusive language.