Christian Fuchs: Why Leicester’s Premier League winner started playing cricket at 400

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• July 8, 2026

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