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Bee intrusion stops play in South Africa-Sri Lanka 3rd ODI: Video and Twitter reactions
Sri Lanka were 117 for 4 in the 27th over in the 3rd ODI, when a swarm of bees made its presence at the Wanderers.
Published: Feb 04, 2017, 08:13 PM (IST)
Edited: Feb 04, 2017, 08:33 PM (IST)
Cricket has seen weird stoppages of play. The early tea break during the India-England Test Visakhapatnam Test due to a dog intrusion is fresh in our minds. Now on a day when pink and AB de Villiers (the man who averages over 97 donning pink) were the buzz, with South Africa team donning those colours to raise awareness for breast cancer, the buzz turned quite literal with bees coming into action. Sri Lanka were 117 for 4 in the 27th over in the 3rd ODI, when a swarm of bees made its presence at the Wanderers. Chris Morris was in middle of an over with the in-form Niroshan Dickwella at strike. Full Cricket Scorecard: South Africa vs Sri Lanka 3rd ODI at Johannesburg
The bees found a liking for Quinton de Kock and hovered around the South African wicketkeeper’s helmet for a while. Ground staff sprang into action with fire extinguishers and the battle of Wanderers commenced. The only teams not in action here were South Africa and Sri Lanka. From extinguishers to a professional beekeeper with honey-filled container made its way in the middle as bats and ball took a backseat.
By 4.20 pm local time, most of the bees were conquered and a re-start of play lurked around the corner but by then almost an hour’s play was lost. As bizarre as it gets but cricket has seen weirder things. You can read more.
While the crowd have been cheerful and have taken the act sportingly, this incident saw another buzz in the Twitter space. Read it to bee-live it:
Swarm of bees at Wanderers. Everyone has dropped to the ground. pic.twitter.com/47tXHGIZRW
— Elizabeth Ammon (@legsidelizzy) February 4, 2017
.@QuinnyDeKock69 becomes the first player to use a cricket helmet as a bee hive. #SAvSL pic.twitter.com/cDXFITYHv4 — Deep Mehta (@mehtadeep) February 4, 2017
WORST. GHOSTBUSTER. EVER. pic.twitter.com/9g4aJuWgGL — Alt Cricket (@AltCricket) February 4, 2017
#PinkODI Woahhh look at this!! Who knew this #PinkDay will be such iconic & that because of Bees Hey bees ,Don’t spoil #Faf100 pic.twitter.com/A6ME6pFZ1d
— Lyel*CSA (@FallahLyel) February 4, 2017
.@ABdeVilliers17 rescues @QuinnyDeKock69's helmet from the bees. #SAvSL pic.twitter.com/TAXuX1SmXl
— Ankit Mishra (@editedidea) February 4, 2017
Biggest cheer of the game so far. Bees getting the fire extinguisher from an unknown crowd favourite. pic.twitter.com/xCRj6ZqYIw
— Ben Karpinski (@followthebounce) February 4, 2017
Jo-honey-bee-rg. #SAvSL pic.twitter.com/mMuQYfVze7
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) February 4, 2017
The bees have spent more time on the ground than the Sri Lankan batsmen. #SAvSL
— Nikhil(@CricCrazyNIKS) February 4, 2017
Extraordinary scenes at Wanderers as a swarm of bees refuses to leave. 25 minutes stoppage, and counting… pic.twitter.com/1UIavP5HTa
— Neil Manthorp (@NeilManthorp) February 4, 2017
It’s buzzing at the Wanderers Pink ODI #SAvSL. They’re a hardy bunch. 2 extinguishers down & refuse to leave #beesstopedplay #worldcancerday pic.twitter.com/igBti9BcRn
— DumbletonCCGirls (@DumbletonCCGirl) February 4, 2017
So apparently it seems the Bees have spent more time in the middle than the batsmen
— Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69) February 4, 2017
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The play finally resumed after an hour-long stoppage and there were no overs docked.