County DIV1 2026, NOT vs GLA 10th Match Report, 10 – 13 April 2026

Glamorgan 113 and 132 for 2 (stem 82*) need a further 346 to beat Nottinghamshire 279 and 311 for 9 dec

Tribe, the 22-year-old who impressed with England Lions during the winter, further enhanced his reputation with an unbeaten 82 in the face of a hostile bowling, but 52 overs lost to the weather were the main source of frustration for Nottinghamshire as Glamorgan finished on 132 for 2.

The 2025 champions set the Welsh team a daunting 478 to win after declaring on 311 for 9 in their first innings half an hour into the third day. Glamorgan need 346 more.

Tong did Byrom with a short, quick delivery, the opener could only send a loop to first slip, but Tribe looked in very good touch, hitting 11 boundaries to reach 59 from 53 balls at lunch, with Glamorgan 83 for 1. Nottinghamshire gave him a more testing examination after the breaks, with very short stuff, but he has proved so far.

However, the showers that were forecast began to develop during the interval and quickly merged into a longer downpour, sometimes heavy.

O’Neill removed Zain-ul-Hassan caught behind soon after the restart, but only 16 overs of the 25 remaining in the day’s revised schedule could be bowled, either side of another stoppage for poor light.

Although the forecast for day four is better and they will feel there is enough time left in the game to take another eight wickets, Nottinghamshire may still regret not asking Glamorgan to follow up after dismissing them cheaply on Saturday.

All out for 113, with O’Neill and Brett Hutton taking four wickets each, Glamorgan were 166 behind at first innings, having lost their last six wickets in just 75 minutes on Saturday morning. But rather than give his bowlers a chance to blow their opponents away for a second time and possibly seal a win by Saturday night, captain Haseeb Hameed instead chose to put more runs on the board.

Thanks to a fine 136 from Joe Clarke, well supported by Ben Slater (70), they were 450 ahead at Saturday’s close. However, they opted to bat a little longer, the main beneficiary of which was the talented O’Neill, who finished unbeaten on 36 to go with his first innings half-century in what was an excellent first appearance of the season.

Glamorgan’s primary focus will be on survival in the face of such a challenging target. Only one team in the history of Trent Bridge has successfully chased more to win a match – and that was over a hundred years ago, when Middlesex made 502 in the fourth innings in 1925. The only other successful run chase above 400 at the ground came the following summer, when Nottinghamshire scored 419 to beat Leicestershire.