Cricket Legend Mike Procter has died at the age 77. He was the country’s first post-isolation era coach when South AFrica returned to international cricket in 1991, He suffered a complication during surgery and while in ICU went into cardiac arrest at a hospital in Umhlanga in KwaZulu-Natal
Procter’s international playing career with South Africa was cut short in 1970 when his country was banished from world cricket because of its apartheid government.
Before the ban, South Africa won six of the seven Tests in which he played, all against Australia.Procter was renowned primarily as a fearsome fast bowler, taking 41 wickets at an average of 15.02 runs in his seven Tests.
Procter played first-class cricket for 16 years, including 14 seasons with English county Gloucestershire, five of them as captain, where he achieved legendary status.
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