Procter takes on Proteas role

Mike Procter is a popular and long-serving match referee

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Mike Procter will join Cricket South Africa as a convenor of selectors from December.

Procter, the former Gloucestershire, Rhodesia and South Africa all-rounder, has officiated in 47 Tests, 154 one-day internationals and 15 Twenty20 internationals since becoming a match referee in 2002.

He will step down from his present role with the International Cricket Council elite referees panel after overseeing the upcoming ODI series between Pakistan and West Indies in Abu Dhabi and the series between Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka.

ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat said: “On behalf of the ICC I would like to thank Mike for his service as an Emirates elite panel match referee.

“Speaking from personal experience I know that his new role as CSA’s convenor of selectors will be a challenging and rewarding one.

“However, I also know that Mike will bring to it all the cricket wisdom he has acquired over more than 40 years of top-level involvement.

“His start date with CSA, arrived at after negotiations between us at the ICC and CSA chief executive Gerald Majola ahead of CSA’s announcement, allows Mike to complete his obligations as a match referee before assuming his new role.

“This is important because it sets a definitive mark between the end of one job and the start of another and, in terms of Mike’s position as a match referee, it ensures the continued integrity and independence of that role.

“Mike carries with him the best wishes for the future of all those associated with the ICC.”

Procter, 62, played in seven Tests for South Africa prior to their sporting isolation. He scored 48 centuries and took 1,417 wickets in his 24-year first-class career.