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Hamish Marshall smashes 180 off 70 balls in T20 warm-up at Somerset

Hamish Marshall: safe hands
Image: Hamish Marshall: Stunning innings for Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire's Hamish Marshall scored a stunning 180 off just 70 balls in a T20 warm-up game against Somerset at Taunton.

Marshall’s 100 came off just 40 balls, and he added 80 more in a further 30 balls, smashing 17 fours and 13 sixes in a devastating innings.

Gloucestershire scored 244-2 in their twenty overs, and the hosts were bowled out for 164 in 18.3 overs.

Marcus Trescothick scored a quickfire 45 for Somerset.

The two team then played a second T20 match, with Somerset emerging victorious by eight runs this time.

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Somerset scored 186, Gloucestershire replying with 178 - and New Zealand-born Marshall was at it again for the visitors, smacking 60.