South Africa cricket legend and former nationwide coach Mike Procter died on Saturday on the age of 77, his spouse instructed AFP. “He suffered a complication during surgery, became unconscious and never woke up,” Maryna Procter stated. Procter was an excellent all-rounder who turned South Africa’s first coach within the post-apartheid period and had a controversial stint as an International Cricket Council (ICC) match referee. On Monday his household revealed that he had suffered a “cardiac incident” whereas recovering in a hospital intensive care unit following routine surgical procedure.

Procter was being handled in a hospital close to his hometown, the coastal metropolis of Durban.

Procter’s worldwide enjoying profession with South Africa was lower brief in 1970 when his nation was banished from world cricket due to its apartheid authorities.

Before the ban, South Africa gained six of the seven Tests by which he performed, all towards Australia.

Procter was famend primarily as a fearsome quick bowler, taking 41 wickets at a median of 15.02 runs in his seven Tests.

But he was additionally a flamboyant batsman, and equalled a world batting file when he hit six first-class centuries in successive innings.

Post-democracy, South Africa returned to worldwide cricket, Procter turned coach of the worldwide aspect and led them to the semi-finals of the 1992 World Cup. 

Procter performed first-class cricket for 16 years, together with 14 seasons with English county Gloucestershire, 5 of them as captain, the place he achieved legendary standing. 

David Graveney, a former Gloucestershire team-mate of Procter, stated the South African “was a fantastic player and quite rightly regarded as one of the best all-rounders that has ever represented Gloucestershire”.

He added: “I don’t think people realise that when Mike played he was playing through great pain in his knee, but that didn’t stop him from performing at the level he did. He was just one of the best players I ever played with.

“The section ‘Proctershire’ was very apt for Mike. He put within the largest performances within the largest video games.”

In South Africa, he performed most of his cricket for Natal, the province the place he was born.

His six successive centuries have been made for the then Rhodesia between 1970 and 1971, culminating in a career-best 254 towards Western Province. 

He scored 21,082 runs in first-class cricket at a median of 36.92, hitting 47 centuries, and took 1,357 wickets at a median of 19.07 runs. 

He leaves behind his spouse and two youngsters.

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