Long-time friend and team-mate Barry Richards said "a giant has fallen" as he paid tribute to former South African all-rounder Mike Procter, who died aged 77 near Durban on Saturday.
"We were part of each other's lives," said Richards of his 65-year friendship with Procter.
Richards and Procter, acknowledged as two of South Africa's greatest cricketers, played against each other as schoolboys and went on to play together for the Natal province and South Africa at both junior and international level.