He turned one between bat and pad to bowl Kirby for 15 after Gloucestershire had begun the final day on 97-2, facing a remote victory target of 411.

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Anthony McGrath and Gale did a sound job taking the score to 76-2 at lunch, but in the second over after the interval Thomas found a gap between McGrath's bat and pad to bowl him for 21.

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