Former South African cricketer Mike Procter poses for {a photograph} at Wellington throughout the Cricket World Cup 1992 held in New Zealand. File picture
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Former South Africa all-rounder Mike Procter, the nation’s first coach of the post-isolation period and a stalwart with English county Gloucestershire, died aged 77 on Saturday, his household introduced.
“He suffered a complication during surgery and while in ICU went into cardiac arrest. He became unconscious and unfortunately never woke up,” his spouse Maryna advised South African web site News24.
Procter was a fierce quick bowler and hard-hitting batter who performed seven take a look at matches, his worldwide profession stunted by South Africa’s isolation because of apartheid.
But upon their return in 1991, he led the aspect as coach, taking them to the semi-finals of the World Cup in Australia the next yr.
He was later additionally appointed to the International Cricket Council’s panel of match referees and additionally served as South Africa’s convener of selectors.
Procter performed 401 top notch video games, scoring 21,936 runs at a median of 36.01 with 48 lots of and 109 fifties. He additionally took 1,417 wickets at a median of 19.53.
