Image source, ICC Image caption, Asa Tribe's 175 not out against Papua New Guinea last year is the highest score made in an ICC Challenge League match ByBrent Pilnick, BBC Sport and Danny Parkinson, BBC Channel Islands Published 8 hours ago Asa Tribe says he is "absolutely delighted" to be returning to play for Jersey as the island team aims to keep their Cricket World Cup hopes alive.

The Glamorgan and England Lions batter has not played for his homeland since the summer of 2025 after a remarkable rise in the English domestic game.

But Tribe, 22, who made his international debut for Jersey as a 17-year-old five years ago, hopes he can help the island qualify from ICC Challenge League A after returning to their squad for the first time since last summer.

Jersey top the six-team pool and need just two more wins to ensure they progress to the 2026 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off in Nepal in December.

"I've had a bit of a busy last 12 months and I'm happy to be playing for Jersey again," he told BBC Radio Jersey "The last couple of times that I was in a Jersey shirt were successful for myself and the team.

"I really enjoy putting those kind of performances in for Jersey because I know what it means for the side in the sense of what it can go towards and how we can progress as a side." Tribe's last matches for Jersey came in the last round of fixtures in Challenge League A last summer - he scored 175 in a 160-run win over Papua New Guinea before hitting an unbeaten 53 in an eight-wicket win over Qatar.

"That one is quite close to my heart," Tribe says of the 175 against Papua New Guinea, which is a record score for an individual batter in the ICC Challenge League.

"That was one of the games where we needed someone to stand up, there was a bit going on with the ball, we were batting first on one that was doing a little bit and I feel that knock set that game up really nicely.

" Tribe in Jersey team for World Cup Challenge final round Published 13 October Tribe hits third century of week in Jersey win Published 28 August 2025 Tribe's knock of 175 was his third List A century in the space of a week after scoring two for Glamorgan.

That scoring set the foundations for his call-up to the England Lions squad that winter - a team he will tour with to the Caribbean next month.

He has gone on to play franchise cricket in South Africa and Canada and with Welsh Fire in The Hundred, as well as become a key part of the Glamorgan side that kept their Division One status in the County Championship this year after winning promotion in 2025 following 20 years in the second tier.

It has also led people to link Tribe with a call-up to the full England side.

"It's a huge ambition of mine," he said.

"I have had a small taste for it in the Lions stuff and I really want to make that stride to keep going and keep getting better and keep pushing for the next stage in my career, which I hope is England." He added: "The side's very strong so it's not something that I'm just going to walk into.

"It does mean really being hard and cut-throat about where my game actually is.

How good is it?

How do I get better?

What areas do I need to work on?

What's going to give me the best chance to move up to that level?

"If it's such a competitive environment then how, if I do get an opportunity, am I going to be ready to take it straight away?

So what challenges will I face there?

"That's something I'm constantly looking at and trying to find the balance between getting better whilst also nailing down my current strengths." Image source, ICC Image caption, Asa Tribe came up through Jersey's ranks before being spotted by Glamorgan while playing cricket at university in Cardiff Tribe would not the be first player from an associate nation to be called up by England.

Emilio Gay was part of the Italy side that pipped Jersey to a place at this year's T20 World Cup in last summer's European qualifying tournament.

The Durham batter was called up by England for their first Test against New Zealand in June.

While an England call-up would spell the end of his Jersey career, Tribe is hopeful he can help the island rise up the ranks.

"I think the position we're in for this tournament is a really good one," he says.

"Only really requiring to win two or three games is a position you'd love to be in rather than at the start of the tournament where you're thinking about needing to win every game.

"I think this tournament should be really good for us.