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Glamorgan batter Asa Tribe has agreed a new contract which ties him to the Welsh county for 2026.
The club are also in talks about an improved deal with the Jersey international.
The 21-year-old has been in spectacular form, making four centuries in his past five innings for club and country.
Tribe joined Glamorgan on a rookie contract in 2023 that was due to end this year, having previously been part of the Cardiff UCCE squad.
“He’s under contract for next season, which is great,” Glamorgan director of cricket Mark Wallace confirmed to BBC Radio Jersey.
“We’re discussing an improved contract for him, which he certainly deserves based on his performances.
“We’d love for Asa’s journey to continue with Glamorgan for five, 10, 15, 20 years now.
“He’s got his whole career in front of him, and there’s so many prospects as a young cricketer nowadays, it’s not just international cricket.
“He’ll have his first taste of franchise cricket in the South African competition which he’s just been picked up in the auction for this winter, so that’ll be a great experience for him.
“But we want Glamorgan and Cardiff to be his home away from home when he’s not in Jersey.”
Tribe made his senior Glamorgan debut in 2024, making two County Championship half-centuries and featuring in the side which won the One Day Cup.
He was not selected for the first three Championship matches this year but forced his way into the side thanks to his high scores in the second XI.
He has since played every match in all three formats, with his first Glamorgan century coming in the Championship at Leicestershire in June.
Tribe registered his first double century against Northamptonshire on Tuesday after forcing his way into the red ball side as an opening batter.
That landmark innings came after two unbeaten centuries in Glamorgan’s last two games of this year’s One Day Cup, plus innings of 175 and 53 not out for Jersey in between county commitments.
Tribe has played five One Day internationals and 26 T20 internationals.
“We always saw him as a top-order batter, his ability, his technique and his mindset does align to being a top-order batsman,” Wallace added.
“He’s confident without being arrogant, he backs his ability, so he bats high up for us in in multi-day cricket.
“But in T20 cricket we’ve batted him a little bit lower down, he’s batted at sort of five and six, which is a different and difficult role in itself where you have to score quite quickly and you have to be able to to clear the boundaries.
“So he’s improving his skill sets in different areas, he’s not just pigeonholing himself as a high-order batter.
“He’ll probably end up going a bit higher in T20 for us next year, but across the formats he’s shown some real ability.”
