Editing Mike Procter (section)

==Post-retirement involvement in cricket==

After retiring, Procter was director of cricket for the Free State and Natal provinces in South Africa, as well as Northamptonshire county. He was then appointed as the first post-isolation coach of the South African cricket team, and was the coach for tours of India (in 1991), the West Indies (which included South Africa's first post-isolation test, Sri Lanka and Australia.<ref name="Obit"/> He also coached South Africa to their first ever [[Cricket World Cup]] campaign in [[1992 Cricket World Cup|1992]], where South Africa caught the attention of everyone by reaching the semi-finals before agonizingly losing to England in a heart-breaking fashion due to broadcasters' costly error.<ref name="BBC Sport">{{cite news |title=South Africa cricket great Procter dies aged 77 |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/68292770 |access-date=18 February 2024 |publisher=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mike Procter on the 1992 World Cup: 'We left knowing that we put South Africa on the map' |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/mike-procter-recalls-south-africa-s-first-world-cup-in-1992-812993 |access-date=18 February 2024 |website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

===Commentating===

He also served as an international cricket commentator, and one of his most memorable moments as a commentator came during the epic semi-final played between Australia and South Africa during the [[1999 Cricket World Cup]], which ended in a dramatic fashion with scores tied, albeit with a clumsy run of South African tailender [[Allan Donald]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Ramakrishnan |first=Madhusudhan |date=15 July 2017 |title=Flashback: What made the 1999 World Cup semi-final the greatest ODI ever played |url=https://scroll.in/field/843918/flashback-what-made-the-1999-world-cup-semi-final-the-greatest-odi-ever-played |access-date=18 February 2024 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}</ref> Procter and [[Bill Lawry]] were standing up in the commentary box during the critical juncture of the match when Procter exclaimed: "What kind of shot is that? First two deliveries of this over have gone bang, bang, four, four. Take that, scores are level".<ref name="Cricinfo-2" /><ref>{{cite web |title=The unimprovable game |url=https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1176611/the-unimprovable-game |access-date=18 February 2024 |website=Cricinfo}}</ref>

===Match referee===

Procter was involved in several controversial incidents in his career as a match referee.<ref name=cric>{{ESPNcricinfo|id=46793}} retrieved 27 October 2008</ref> He refereed the forfeited Oval Test of August 2006 when Pakistan refused to take the field after tea in protest at the umpires' decision to penalise them for ball tampering.<ref name=cric/> During the [[Second Test, 2007–08 Border–Gavaskar Trophy|second test match of the 2007–2008 Indian tour of Australia]], Procter banned [[Harbhajan Singh]] for three matches on charges of racism.<ref>{{cite news |date=8 January 2008 |title=How Mike Procter took the call |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cb-series/top-stories/how-mike-procter-took-the-call/articleshow/2681571.cms?from=mdr |access-date=18 February 2024 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mike Procter breaks silence on Monkeygate controversy |url=https://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/mike-procter-breaks-silence-on-monkeygate-controversy/news-story/1166653ec8b61dcd7b027d26b8bda1c2 |access-date=18 February 2024 |website=news australia}}</ref> This decision was later overturned by Justice Hansen.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mike Procter writes about the infamous Monkeygate scandal |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/cricket/mike-procter-infamous-monkeygate-scandal-sydney-india-australia |access-date=18 February 2024 |website=Sportskeeda}}</ref> At the first hearing Procter<ref>Procter, Mike, page 96, ''Caught in the Middle'', Pitch Publishing, 2017</ref> established that neither the umpire, nor [[Ricky Ponting]], nor [[Sachin Tendulkar]], who was closest to the incident, had heard anything.<ref>{{cite web |date=21 January 2018 |title=Mike Procter questions Sachin Tendulkar's role in 'Monkeygate' controversy |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/mike-procter-questions-sachin-tendulkar-s-role-in-monkeygate-controversy/story-PgIoe0FLSp9pzltjBeCTfP.html |access-date=18 February 2024 |website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> At the second hearing, however, Justice Hansen uncovered that Tendulkar heard the heated exchange<ref>{{cite web|title=Commissioner Decision|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2007-08/IND_IN_AUS/icc_commissioner_decision_30012008.pdf|publisher=ICC|access-date=21 December 2020}}</ref> between [[Andrew Symonds]] and Harbhajan including the exact Hindi phrase, and [[Ponting]] 'couldn't understand why Sachin didn't tell this to Mike Procter in the first place.'<ref>Ponting, Ricky, page 481, ''At the Close of Play'', HarperCollins, 2013</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=15 November 2011 |title=I regret Monkeygate, says Mike Procter |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/new-zealand-in-india-2016/interviews/i-regret-monkeygate-says-mike-procter/articleshow/10733230.cms |access-date=18 February 2024 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> Procter had been criticised for his original decision and [[Sunil Gavaskar#Controversies|Sunil Gavaskar]] questioned whether his sympathies lay with the Australian team due to his race.<ref>Brown, Alex. "Gavaskar slams 'white man' ban", ''The Age'', 14 January 2008</ref>

===S.A. Selection Board===

He was appointed chairman of selectors of South Africa men's national cricket team in December 2008 by [[Cricket South Africa]]. The entire selection board (including Procter's position as chairman of selectors) which was appointed in December 2008 was sacked by Cricket South Africa in 2010 following a poor string of performances from South African team in international cricket.<ref>{{cite web |title=South Africa selection panel sacked |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/south-africa-selection-panel-sacked-445926 |access-date=18 February 2024 |website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>