England captain Heather Knight and all-rounder Sophia Dunkley have recently joined the NHS Volunteer Scheme to help the health service in the fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic. There have been calls for volunteers to assist medical staff with tasks, including delivering medicines from pharmacies, driving patients to appointments and taking them home from the hospital as well. Along with this, check on those people and their wellbeing who are isolating at home. They are among more than 500,000 people who have already signed up to the great initiative.
“We’ve got quite a lot of free time at the moment and apart from trying our best to stay fit there isn’t masses to do,” said Knight, whose brother – and his partner – are both doctors. “I think it’s really important that we try and help as much as we can. I’ve signed up to the government’s NHS Volunteer Scheme to do my bit.”
“I’ve made myself available to talk to people who are home alone, lonely and self-isolating and I’ve also offered to transport medicines. As well as my brother, I’ve got some friends who work in the NHS and we saw on Thursday with the clap at 8pm how much they mean to everyone, we should all support as much as possible, especially at this time,” Heather Knight shared.
“I think Dunks [Sophia Dunkley] has also volunteered, which is great. We all need to stay home, protect the NHS and help save lives but this scheme, if you’re in a position to help, is another way to help those on the frontlines,” she added.
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Earlier this month, Heather Knight was in Australia, leading her England side to the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup but lost to India in a washed-out semi-final. India, by virtue of having topped their group, qualified for the final. Knight was in a sublime form, hitting her first T20I century against Thailand and 62 against Pakistan during the tournament.
On the other hand, Dunkley last played in March 2019 in Colombo against Sri Lanka. She recently joined Surrey leaving Middlesex where she had played for the previous seven years.
