Mike Procter speaks during a Graeme Pollock benefit dinner at Western Province Cricket Club in Cape Town on 6 November 2014. (Photo by Shaun Roy/Gallo Images)
Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Sunday paid tribute to legendary former cricketer and coach Mike Procter.
Procter, 77, died in an Umhlanga private hospital on Saturday afternoon.
"He suffered a complication during surgery, became unconscious and never woke up," his wife Maryna Procter said in a statement.
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