South Africa v Sri Lanka, 2016-17
Wisden's review of the third ODI, South Africa v Sri Lanka, 2016-17
The game's unlikely hero was Pierre Hefer, who was watching on television at home when a swarm of bees buzzed the Wanderers and refused to budge, halting play midway through the Sri Lankan innings. As Hefer, an amateur bee-keeper, looked on, the groundstaff tried - and failed - to shoo them into a wheelie-bin with fire extinguishers. So Hefer donned his white overalls, gloves and boots, loaded trays of honey and beeswax into his car, and drove the five miles from his home to the ground. Once there, he talked his way in, with neither a ticket nor accreditation. Thanks to his efforts, the delay was limited to just over an hour. The Sri Lankans probably wished Hefer had never turned on his TV.
Man of the Match: D. Pretorius.