WATCH: Swarm of bees stop Sri Lanka vs South Africa WC match at Durham

The cricketers and on-field umpires were forced to get floored for quite a while witnessing the frightening scenario above their heads

The uninvited English rains have already halted the World Cup matches on several occasions. But on Friday, the fixture between Sri Lanka and South Africa was stopped for sometime after a swarm of bees arrived in the field. The incident happened during the 48^th over of the Sri Lankan innings when the bees suddenly appeared in the ground. The cricketers and on-field umpires were forced to get floored for quite a while witnessing the frightening scenario above their heads.

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🐝🐝Bees stop play, momentarily The bees are back again in a South Africa v Sri Lanka cricket match, this time at Chester-le-Street#CWC19 #ItsMoreThanCricket #SLvSA pic.twitter.com/Hr6K9b6f0x — Cricket South Africa (@OfficialCSA) June 28, 2019

Thankfully, the insects didn’t waste much time as the game was resumed shortly. But all this while the cricketers and the umpires remained floored.

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It happened to be the second time when a Sri Lanka vs South Africa ODI game was halted due to a bees attack. Earlier in 2017, the third ODI between South Africa and Sri Lanka was stopped for over an hour for the same reason.

Bees two nations have a history!#SLvSA | #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/rEY9T7yhUD

— Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) June 28, 2019

Back in 2008, a Test match between India and Australia at Delhi's Ferozshah Kotla stadium was interrupted as the bees forced Indian fielders, two Australian batsmen and umpires to hit the ground.