South Africa’s swashbuckling cricket all-rounder and former nationwide coach 77-year-old Mike Procter was severely sick in intensive care on Monday, in line with a information report citing his household.
A pal of the household, talking on situation of anonymity, confirmed to AFP that Procter was “in a really severe situation” after the report on main information website News24.
News24, citing a press release from Procter’s spouse Maryna and two daughters, stated that he was being handled within the uMhlanga Hospital close to the jap metropolis of Durban.
“Mike skilled a complication throughout routine surgical procedure final week. Whereas recovering within the ICU, he suffered a cardiac incident. He’s at the moment within the ICU engaged on his restoration,” it stated.
Procter’s worldwide taking part in profession with South Africa was lower brief in 1970 when his nation was excluded from world cricket due to its apartheid authorities.
Earlier than the ban, South Africa received six of the seven Assessments during which he performed, all towards Australia.
He was famend primarily as a fearsome quick bowler, taking 41 wickets at a mean of 15.02 runs in his seven Assessments.
However he was additionally a flamboyant batsman, and equalled a world batting report when he hit six first-class centuries in successive innings.
After South Africa turned a democracy and returned to worldwide cricket, Procter turned coach of the worldwide aspect and led them to the semi-finals of the 1992 Cricket 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.
In South Africa, he performed most of his cricket for Natal, the province the place he was born.
His six successive centuries had 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 mean of 36.92, hitting 47 centuries, and took 1,357 wickets at a mean of 19.07 runs.
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