All square at Taunton

The three day friendly between Somerset and Glamorgan ended in a draw after Glamorgan challenged Somerset to score 386 in 53 overs on the final afternoon.

The home team had a brief assault on the Glamorgan bowlers, but they settled for the draw with their score on 260-4 with 8 overs remaining.

The highlight of the day for Glamorgan was an aggressive century from Darren Thomas. The 28 year old all-rounder arrived at the crease after David Hemp had hit an attractive 70, and Thomas was soon into his stride with some firm drives on both sides of the wicket.

Fellow seamers Alex Wharf and David Harrison also played some bold strokes in the April sunshine, but it was Thomas who became Glamorgan`s third centurion of the game, after Jonathan Hughes and Matthew Maynard who both reached three figures in the Welsh county`s first innings.

Soon after reaching his deserved century, Thomas was caught on the mid-wicket boundary by Keith Dutch, and Steve James promptly declared to leave the West Country side the task of scoring 386 at seven and a half an over to win the game on what was an excellent batting wicket.

Openers Rob Turner and Matthew Wood began in breezy style, before Turner was magnificently caught one-handedly by Steve James off Robert Croft`s bowling. Piran Holloway then launched a few lusty blows of his own, but Somerset lost a couple of important wickets as Andrew Davies clean bowled Matthew Wood, and then James Bryant holed out trying to hit Robert Croft for a fourth six. Despite a few more blows by Aaron Laraman, Somerset eventually opted for the draw.