Tribe gets double ton but then Zaib stalls Glam progress

Day 2: Northamptonshire 309-5 v Glamorgan 467, Northamptonshire trail by 158 runs.

- BEN KOSKY

SAIF Zaib shone again with an undefeated knock of 76 as Northamptonshire’s resilient batting display held up Glamorgan’s Rothesay County Championship promotion charge at Wantage Road.

The left-hander, Division Two's second highest run-scorer this season with five hundreds to his name, shared a fourth-wicket stand of 107 with James Sales to steer their side close to avoiding the follow-on despite four wickets for Glamorgan spinner Mason Crane.

Half-centuries by opening pair Ricardo Vasconcelos and Luke Procter laid solid foundations for Northamptonshire’s reply after Glamorgan opener Asa Tribe's impressive career-best 206 had enabled the visitors to post 467.

Seventeen-year-old spinner Nirvan Ramesh picked up the last two Glamorgan wickets to finish with figures of three for 42 on his first-class debut.