Kent captain and England batsman Sam Billings has taken to Twitter to offer his help around Canterbury during the Coronavirus pandemic.

With social distancing encouraged by the British government, and some people, particularly the elderly or immunocompromised, opting to self-isolate as much as possible, Billings has offered his services in going shopping for those who would otherwise have to go without or put themselves at risk.

Anyone in the Canterbury area who knows of someone, or they themselves needs their shopping done for them just shout… ??

Reply and I’ll drop you a DM

— Sam Billings (@sambillings) March 16, 2020

Though England’s tour of Sri Lanka was called off due to Coronavirus concerns, the county season is not yet postponed. However, it is feared that the entire English cricketing summer could be wiped out by the impact of the illness.