Asa Mark Tribe (born 29 March 2004) is a professional

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er who plays for

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and

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. He also represents

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Career

Tribe spent his early career at Farmers Cricket Club and played for Jersey's age groups from 10 to 18. He broke into the Jersey senior squad in 2021, making his debut against

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in an ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Region Qualifier in Spain on 15 October. Tribe made his

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debut, for his country against

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on 5 August 2022, in the Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament held in Jersey. Such was his impact at the tournament, which included making a century against

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, he was named Player of the Series and subsequently won Jersey's 2022 Cricketer of the Year award. Named as a member of Jersey's squad for the

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in Namibia, he made his

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(ODI) debut on 27 March 2023, against

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. Later in the event, Tribe became the second Jersey cricketer to score an ODI century when he hit 115 not out from 143 deliveries against

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- teammate Josh Lawrenson was the first a few balls earlier in the same match. Now studying Sports Performance Analysis at Cardiff Metropolitan University, Tribe impressed in his performances for the institution's team in the British Universities and College Sports competition during the summer of 2023 and was offered the chance to play for

2nd XI. In his four-day debut he scored 164 against Northamptonshire before making an unbeaten 126 against Gloucestershire, going on to amass 456 runs over the season's last four red ball games and being named the Glamorgan 2nd XI Player of the Year. In September 2023, he was part of the Jersey squad which won their group to reach finals week at the T10 2023 European Cricket Championship in

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, Spain. Tribe signed a two-year rookie-contract with Glamorgan in October 2023. At the 2023 Channel Islands Sports Personality of the Year, Tribe won the Sure Rising Star award. On 16 June 2024, Tribe scored two T20I half-centuries in a day as Jersey defeated

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2–0 in a bilateral series in Brondby. He scored 58 as the islanders chased 120 to win the first match by six wickets with 6.2 overs to spare and followed up by smashing 51 from 27 balls as they took the second game by 96 runs. The following month, Tribe top scored with 23 not out off 15 balls as Jersey defeated

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by six wickets in the final of the 2024–25 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier in Germany. On 21 July 2024, Tribe made his first team debut for Glamorgan in their NCCA showcase 50 over match against

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, scoring 93 not out off 90 balls including 12 4s and a six. Tribe made his First-class debut for Glamorgan in a

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match against

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in Cardiff on 29 August 2024. The next month he scored his maiden first-class half-century for Glamorgan in a County Championship match against

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, making 58 in the second innings. Tribe made it back-to-back 50s by compiling 70 in the club's next match against

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. He was named in Jersey's 14-player squad for the 2024 Cricket World Cup Challenge League A in Kenya and, after missing the opening three matches due to commitments with Glamorgan, he scored 53 in the islanders' win over

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. Tribe then hit 43 off 42 balls in Jersey's victory over

. Tribe made 58 off 65 balls, including hitting 10 fours, in his first appearance of the

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for Glamorgan against

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on 2 May 2025. It was his third successive First-class half-century. He followed that up in the next match with 94 in Glamorgan's first innings against

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. On 22 June 2025, he made his maiden first-class century, scoring 107 for Glamorgan against Leicestershire at

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. Tribe was named in the Jersey squad for the T20 World Cup Europe Regional Final to take place in the Netherlands during July 2025.

Personal life

Tribe has an older brother named Zak who is also a Jersey international cricketer.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tribe, Asa 2004 births Living people Jersey cricketers Jersey Twenty20 International cricketers Place of birth missing (living people) Glamorgan cricketers Jersey One Day International cricketers