Fuchs, best known for helping Leicester City win the Premier League title 5,000-1 in 2016, explained that it was “by accident” that he found himself playing for Grindleford.

It was his son Anthony, already playing at the club’s youth level, who suggested the 40-year-old try out, but it was his wife who really made the most unique summer sporting signings a reality.

“I didn’t really know what to do with cricket, I’d never played it before, I barely watched it,” Fuchs said.

“My son made me do it; at some point he convinced me and my wife signed me up. The rest is history.”

Any reluctance there may have been to come out of his sporting retirement to throw himself into an almost completely foreign hobby has been replaced by an appreciation of the long sunny days he has spent with both his new teammates and his family.

Between batting and fielding duties against Broadbottom, he practiced his newly acquired cricket skills on the boundary with his son.

And when he wasn’t in the middle, Fuchs would even head to the clubhouse with a mug and a hot drink in hand to update the score.

His teammate and opening batsman Nigel Barnes, who was the top scorer and retired after scoring 50 in Sunday’s win,, external He said that the former soccer player has adapted well.

“He’s obviously some kind of celebrity and we don’t have celebrities here often,” Barnes said.

“You can tell he’s an athlete, he obviously has hand-eye coordination.

“He did very well with his batting. I gave him some advice, which he followed to the letter, but unfortunately it was the wrong advice and he got out.”