Editing Mike Procter (section)

===International career===

The ban on South Africa restricted his Test career to seven test match appearances, all against [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] between 1967 and 1970. He took 41 Test [[Wicket (cricket)|wickets]] at an average of 15.02, and  with [[Barry Richards (cricketer)|Barry Richards]] and [[Graeme Pollock]] helped South Africa to two successive series wins over Australia by margins of [[Australian cricket team in South Africa in 1966–67|3–1]] and [[Australian cricket team in South Africa in 1969–70|4–0]].<ref name="Obit"/><ref name="ESPNcricinfo-2">{{cite web |title=When they were kings |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/when-they-were-kings-231051 |access-date=18 February 2024 |website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

Procter played for the [[Rest of the World cricket team in England in 1970|Rest of the World versus England in 1970]], and took 15 wickets at an average of 23.93 in five test-format matches.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?class=4;id=2587;type=tour |title=Rest of the World XI tour of England 1970 – Most Wickets |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=18 February 2024}}</ref>

In 1978–79, towards the end of his playing career, he played for the World XI in [[Kerry Packer]]'s [[World Series Cricket]] in Australia. In the four "Supertests" in which he played he averaged 30.33 with the bat and 16.07 with the ball.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/trophy/batting-highest-career-batting-average/world-series-cricket-supertests-100 |title=Records in World Series Cricket Supertests – Batting Highest Career Batting Average |website=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |access-date=18 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/trophy/bowling-best-career-bowling-average/world-series-cricket-supertests-100 |title=Records in World Series Cricket Supertests – Bowling Best Career Bowling Average |website=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |access-date=18 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Mukherjee |first=Abhishek |date=25 November 2015 |title=Time to include Kerry Packer's WSC SuperTest records in Test cricket as well |url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/time-to-include-kerry-packers-wsc-supertest-records-in-test-cricket-as-well-358709 |access-date=20 February 2024 |website=Cricket Country |language=en-US}}</ref> He featured in the first semi-final for World XI side and he shared the new ball with the likes of [[Imran Khan]] and [[John Snow (cricketer)|John Snow]]. He clean bowled West Indian veteran [[Viv Richards]] with an unplayable delivery which he delivered from over the wicket. <ref>{{cite web |last=on |first=Video published |date=18 February 2024 |title=Watch: Procter sends Richards packing |url=https://www.sacricketmag.com/watch-procter-sends-richards-packing/ |access-date=20 February 2024 |website=SA Cricketmag |language=en-US}}</ref> The delivery he bowled to Richards castled the middle stump out of the ground and it became a talking point at the time given the characteristic swagger of Richards.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mukherjee |first=Abhishek |date=19 February 2024 |title=Watch: Mike Procter Knocks Middle Stump Out Of The Ground To Dismiss Viv Richards In World Series Cricket |url=https://wisden.com/stories/historical/watch-mike-procter-knocks-middle-stump-out-of-the-ground-to-dismiss-viv-richards-world-series-cricket |access-date=20 February 2024 |website=Wisden |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Procter also captained the Springbok team that played in three "tests" and three "one day internationals" against an [[English rebel XI]], led by [[Graham Gooch]], that toured South Africa in 1982.<ref name="rebel">{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19810324.2.158 |title=Lamb named in S.A. 'test' team |work=[[The Press]] |date=24 March 1981 |page=38}}</ref> He revealed that he once came close to qualifying to play for the England national team in 1980, but his body was tired by the time such news apparently began to spread. However, he insisted that his callup to join England was merely speculation and was more of a ploy to allow Gloucestershire to sign another overseas player.<ref name="ESPNcricinfo" />