Tribe and Cooke Anchor Glamorgan’s Strong Start
Asa Tribe smashed a career-best unbeaten 181 to put Glamorgan in a commanding position against Northamptonshire on day one at Wantage Road. The 21-year-old Jersey international dominated after Glamorgan lost four wickets before lunch, helping his side reach 367 for 6 by stumps. Tribe hit 25 fours and two sixes, forming crucial partnerships with Sam Northeast, Ben Kellaway, and especially Chris Cooke, who contributed 84 in a 162-run sixth-wicket stand.
“𝑻𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒆’𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔 – 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒎, 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒈𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑯𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝑮𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅.”
Northamptonshire handed first-class debuts to Ben Whitehouse and 17-year-old Nirvan Ramesh, both of whom showed glimpses of promise. Despite early breakthroughs from Luke Procter and Ramesh, Tribe’s fluency and aggressive strokeplay kept Glamorgan ahead.
Glamorgan Push Past 350, Eye Promotion Points
After lunch, Tribe continued to dominate, pulling Ramesh over deep midwicket for six and punishing loose deliveries with crisp drives and punches. Cooke also played positively, bringing up his half-century in style. Tribe reached his century off 150 balls, surpassing his previous best of 107 despite battling flu during that innings.
“𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒂 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝑻𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒆’𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒊𝒏 𝑮𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒏’𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒓.”
By the close, Tribe and Timm van der Gugten were at the crease, ensuring Glamorgan not only amassed a competitive total but also secured three batting bonus points, keeping their promotion hopes alive in the County Championship.
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