Notts set Glamorgan huge target at Trent Bridge

Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Trent Bridge (day three) Nottinghamshire 279: Haynes 100 & 311-9 dec: Clarke 136; Gorvin 3-55 Glamorgan 113 & 132-2: Tribe 82* Glamorgan (3 pts) need 346 more runs to beat Notts (4 pts) Match scorecard A combination of rain and Asa Tribe held up Nottinghamshire's push to record a first victory of the County Championship season against promoted Glamorgan at Trent Bridge. Tribe, the 22-year-old who impressed with England Lions during the winter, enhanced his reputation further with an unbeaten 82 in the face of some hostile bowling but 52 overs lost to the weather was the main source of frustration for Nottinghamshire as Glamorgan closed on 132-2. The 2025 champions had set the Welsh side a daunting 478 to win after declaring at 311-9 in their first innings half an hour into the third day.

Glamorgan need another 346. They had them one wicket down at lunch after England's Josh Tongue removed opener Eddie Byrom for nine only to be off the field until 17:15 BST after rain arrived during the interval. Australian seamer Fergus O'Neill picked up his fifth wicket of the match soon after the resumption but, after another interruption, suffered no more losses.

Tongue did for Byrom with a short, quick delivery the opener could only send looping to first slip but Tribe looked in very good touch, striking 11 boundaries in reaching 59 from 53 balls at lunch, with Glamorgan were 83-1. Nottinghamshire gave him a more testing examination after the stoppages, with plenty of short stuff, but he has so far proved equal to the challenge. However, the showers that were forecast began to develop during the interval and quickly merged into a longer spell of rain, heavy at times.

O'Neill removed Zain Ul-Hassan caught behind soon after the restart but only 16 overs of the 25 left in the day's revised schedule could be bowled, either side of another stoppage for bad light. Although the forecast for day four is better and they will feel there is enough time left in the match to take eight more wickets, Nottinghamshire might yet regret not asking Glamorgan to follow-on after dismissing them cheaply on Saturday. All out for 113, with O'Neill and Brett Hutton taking four wickets each, Glamorgan were 166 behind on first innings, having lost their last six wickets in just 75 minutes on Saturday morning.