Tribe ton puts Glam in control of crucial promotion battle

ASA Tribe hit a career-best unbeaten 181 to keep Glamorgan’s promotion hopes firmly alive and put his side in a dominant position on day one of their Rothesay County Championship match against Northamptonshire at Wantage Road.

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Glamorgan were indebted to the 21-year-old Jersey international after losing four wickets before lunch after winning the toss, with Luke Procter claiming two of the scalps.

Opening the innings, Tribe never looked in real trouble, helping himself to 25 fours and two sixes in a fluent, confident innings and accounting for the bulk of the top-order runs.

Sam Northeast (17) and Ben Kellaway (23) kept him company in half-century stands, but it was not until Chris Cooke’s arrival that Glamorgan mounted a substantial partnership, the wicketkeeper scoring 84 while adding 162 for the sixth wicket with Tribe.

Although Cooke fell before the close, Glamorgan were in a healthy position at 367-6.

Northamptonshire handed first-class debuts to left-arm pacer Ben Whitehouse and off-spinner Nirvan Ramesh.

Zain ul Hassan was the first Glamorgan wicket to fall in the eighth over, driving outside off stump to Procter and edging an easy catch behind.