Bees stopped play at
Chester-le-Street Cricket World Cup 2019 between Sri Lanka and South Africa.
A swarm of bees forced the
players of South Africa and Sri Lanka to dive onto the ground during their
Cricket World Cup clash at the Riverside Stadium, England on Friday — but for
many on the pitch there was a sense of deja vu.
Bees halting international
cricket matches is not common, yet it has now happened to the same two teams
some two years and 10,000 kilometres apart.
The stoppage on Friday
lasted only a few minutes, but when South Africa and Sri Lanka clashed at The
Wanderers in Johannesburg in a One-Day International in February 2017, the game
was halted for over an hour before the swarm moved on.
“I remember the last time,
it was at Johannesburg against Sri Lanka, the same thing happened,” South
Africa captain Faf du Plessis told reporters.
“It is very funny. Looks
like someone’s just had a machine-gun through all the players on the field and
everyone is down on the ground.
“Yeah, you are not brave
when there is a bee, or a swarm of bees flying. I think I’m brave, but not that
brave!”
Already eliminated South
Africa beat Sri Lanka by nine wickets in the World Cup clash on Friday.
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