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Full name Michael John Procter
Born September 15, 1946, Durban, Natal
Current age 61 years 298 days
Major teams Rhodesia,South Africa,Gloucestershire,Natal,Orange Free State,Western Province
Nickname Prock, Procky
Batting style Right-hand bat
Other Referee
Education Hilton College, Natal
Relations Father - WC Procter,Brother - AW Procter,Cousin - AC Procter
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
7
10
1
226
48
25.11
0
0
3
4
0
First-class
401
667
58
21936
254
36.01
48
325
0
List A
271
256
19
6624
154*
27.94
5
36
91
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
7
14
1514
616
41
6/73
9/103
15.02
2.44
36.9
3
1
0
First-class
401
65404
27679
1417
9/71
19.53
2.53
46.1
70
15
List A
271
12347
6454
344
6/13
6/13
18.76
3.13
35.8
10
7
0
Career statistics
Test debut
South Africa v Australia at Durban, Jan 20-25, 1967 scorecard
Last Test
South Africa v Australia at Port Elizabeth, Mar 5-10, 1970 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1965 - 1988/89
List A span
1968 - 1983/84
ICC match referee statistics
Test debut
Pakistan v New Zealand at Lahore, May 1-3, 2002 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v India at Adelaide, Jan 24-28, 2008 scorecard
Test matches
47
Test statistics
ODI debut
Pakistan v New Zealand at Karachi, Apr 21, 2002 scorecard
Last ODI
Sri Lanka v United Arab Emirates at Lahore, Jun 26, 2008 scorecard
ODI matches
150
ODI statistics
T20I debut
New Zealand v West Indies at Auckland, Feb 16, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I
Pakistan v Bangladesh at Karachi, Apr 20, 2008 scorecard
T20I matches
16
T20I statistics
Profile
Probably one of the most natural talents the game of cricket has ever seen, Mike Procter was denied the chance to showcase his talents on the international stage by South Africa's isolation. His performances in the seven Test matches he did play - all against Australia - suggest he would have kept favourable company with other great allrounders of the late 20th century such as Ian Botham, Imran Khan, Kapil Dev and Richard Hadlee. He took 41 wickets at 16 apiece, and averaged 34.83 with the bat in the second of the two series. Always one for the spectacular, Procter put together a string of memorable performances for his English county side Gloucestershire, to which he was passionately loyal. He scored six centuries in consecutive first-class innings while playing for Rhodesia in the early 1970s, and went on to coach South Africa as they returned to the international stage. He later became a member of the ICC's elite panel of match referees where controversy seemed to follow him - he was the referee at The Oval in 2006 when Pakistan forfeited the Test and again in Sydney in 2007-08 when he banned Harbhajan Singh.
Neil Manthorp
Notes
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1970 Walter Lawrence Trophy 1979
