The veteran English wicket-keeper batsman, Jos Buttler has decided to auction his World Cup 2019 final shirt in order to raise funds for the hospitals treating the coronavirus. The 29-year-old wicket-keeper batsman was the crucial cog for England in the final when they defeated New Zealand at Lord’s in July, scoring a fifty, batting in the Super Over and then running out Martin Guptill off the very last ball of the match.

Taking to Twitter on Tuesday, Buttler posted a video posting the jersey, signed by all members of the World Cup-winning squad, on eBay. He also revealed that all the raised finds will go to the Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals’ charity. 

I’m going to be auctioning my World Cup Final shirt to raise funds for the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals charity. Last week they launched an emergency appeal to provide life saving equipment to help those affected during the Covid-19 outbreak. Link to auction in my bio. pic.twitter.com/ODN9JY4pk1

— Jos Buttler (@josbuttler) March 31, 2020

In the video, Jos was heard saying, “As we all know, hospitals, doctors, nurses and the NHS are all doing quite an incredible job at the moment. And in the weeks and months to come, they are going to need our support even more. Last week, the Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals’ charity launched an emergency appeal to provide lifesaving equipment for those two hospitals, specializing in lung and heart conditions in preparation for the COVID-19 outbreak.”

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He further added, “To help with their fundraising effort I’m going to be donating this shirt, which is the shirt I wore in the World Cup final last year, signed by all the players who were members of the squad.”

British television journalist Piers Morgan submitted a bid of 10,000 pounds but the value of the shirt had soon passed the 12,000-pound mark. Just like any other sport, this schedule of all the cricketing events has come to a halt due to the global spread of the coronavirus.

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Jos Buttler was on England’s tour of Sri Lanka that was recently suspended during a warm-up match and was due to play in the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL, which has been also been suspended till April 15.

There will be no cricket in England until May 28 at the earliest.