Ben Stokes to run half marathon to raise funds

England’s World Cup and Ashes hero Ben Stokes revealed that he will run his first ever half marathon to raise funds for the National Health Services Charities Together and national children’s cricket charity Chance to Shine amid COVID-19 crisis.

Speaking on his Instagram page, Stokes said, “A half marathon is always been something that I’ve thought about doing but never really got around to ever doing it. Obviously we’ve been in lockdown so I thought what a great opportunity to go out and if I’m going to do it I might as well try and raise some funds.”

I will be hopefully inspiring people to make some donations towards the



Cricket Garden Marathon. I’m just trying to add some more funds to what they’ve managed to do. They are supporting NHS and are also supporting Chance to Shine which is obviously got a very close attachment to cricket, which is what I am,” he said.

“I’ve done absolutely no training, the longest distance that I’ve ever run is 8 kilometres. So, I don’t even know if I’m going to be able to complete it but hopefully I can. I’m sure if I get to a point where I feel like I can’t go on I know that I’m doing it for a good course and that will get me over the line,” he revealed.