Somerset v Glamorgan
Ian Thomas crashed a record-equalling 116 as Glamorgan clinched an eight-wicket victory over Somerset.
Thomas, who faced just 57 deliveries, scored just the fourth century ever in the Twenty20 Cup, tying Graeme Hick's mark set less than two hours earlier.
Somerset had looked well set with a total of 193-8 on a good wicket, james Hildreth smashing 66 from 33 balls.
But Thomas's assault, which included 11 fours and seven sixes took the Dragons past it with three balls left.
Twenty20 Cup, 2004, Midlands/West/Wales Division
Somerset v Glamorgan
County Ground, Taunton
5 July 2004 (20-over match)
Result: Glamorgan won by 8 wickets
Points: Glamorgan 2, Somerset 0
Toss: Glamorgan
Umpires: B Leadbeater and P Willey
TV Umpire: IJ Gould
Man of the Match:
Somerset innings R M B 4 6
J Cox c IJ Thomas b Davies 3 10 5 0 0
*+M Burns run out 36 34 27 4 0
KP Dutch c Cosker b SD Thomas 15 17 12 1 1
JC Hildreth c Maynard b IJ Thomas 66 32 33 7 3
KA Parsons c Hemp b Cosker 12 17 13 1 0
JD Francis lbw b Croft 29 15 13 3 2
AW Laraman c & b Croft 5 2 3 1 0
ND Hancock b Wharf 7 7 7 1 0
GM Andrew not out 4 6 4 0 0
SRG Francis not out 9 1 3 0 1
Extras (lb 3, w 4) 7
Total (8 wickets, 20 overs) 193
DNB: TA Hunt.
FoW: 1-17 (Cox), 2-55 (Dutch), 3-62 (Burns), 4-122 (Parsons),
5-157 (Hildreth), 6-169 (Laraman), 7-174 (JD Francis),
8-183 (Hancock).
Bowling O M R W
Davies 4 0 33 1 (3w)
Wharf 4 0 33 1
SD Thomas 4 0 39 1 (1w)
Croft 4 0 40 2
Cosker 2 0 20 1
IJ Thomas 2 0 25 1
Glamorgan innings (target: 194 runs) R M B 4 6
MP Maynard b Andrew 19 17 17 4 0
IJ Thomas not out 116 72 57 11 7
MJ Powell b Laraman 14 19 17 2 0
DL Hemp not out 31 33 26 2 1
Extras (b 4, lb 5, w 5) 14
Total (2 wickets, 19.3 overs) 194
To Bat: +MA Wallace, *RDB Croft, AG Wharf, SD Thomas, AP Davies,
DA Cosker, J Hughes.
FoW: 1-40 (Maynard), 2-98 (Powell).
Bowling O M R W
SRG Francis 4 0 45 0
Hunt 3 0 27 0 (1w)
Andrew 3.3 0 31 1 (1w)
Dutch 4 0 30 0 (2w)
Laraman 4 0 36 1 (1w)
Hancock 1 0 16 0
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