Watch: Swarm of bees sends cricket players diving for cover mid-match

Sure, American football is dangerous—injuries, concussions, degenerative brain diseases—but players in Sunday's Super Bowl didn't have to worry about bees.

Not so for athletes in a cricket match between South Africa and Sri Lanka over the weekend. A swarm of bees invaded the pitch at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Saturday, disrupting play as athletes ran and dived to the ground.

Groundskeepers attempted to lure the bees with both honey and a bucket of soda, the Guardian reported. Eventually, as seen in the video above, a groundsman sprayed the bees with a fire extinguisher as players lay on the field laughing.

A beekeeper was called in and play restarted an hour later, according to the BBC, with South Africa winning by seven wickets.

Look at the concern on the face of South Africa's Imran Tahir: 

Dive, you fools, dive! 

Bye, bye, bees.

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