THE second half of New South Wales’ One-Day Cup match against Victoria got off to an unbeelievable start at North Sydney Oval on Sunday.

New South Welshmen, Victorians and cameramen alike found themselves lying on the ground before the Blues had begun their chase for a buzzare reason — caught up in the buzz of the JLT One-Day Cup, a swarm of bees had descended on the game.

“Is that official that you’ve got to lie down when there are bees around?” asked Allan Border in the commentary box.

“Well mate, that’s your plan bee, AB,” replied Brendan Julian.

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Winless from their first two games, the Blues were set a target of 328 by Victoria thanks largely to Cameron White, who struck the ball as sweet as honey on his way to 123.

We would be remiss not to wax lyrical about Peter Handscomb as well — the Victorian skipper returning to form with a 79-ball 89.

The Bushrangers did not have it all their way however, with Sean Abbott bringing plenty of sting with the ball, taking 5-70 off his 10 overs.

Unfortunately for the hosts they found themselves in a sticky situation with the bat, losing the in-form Daniel Hughes as the Victorians swarmed to leave NSW at 1-5.