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Marnus Labuschagne played a key role in one of the most extraordinary games in the 134-year history of the English County Championship.

The Australian scored a century as Glamorgan attempted to reach their winning target of 593, a world record.

The match against Gloucestershire – rivals from across the River Severn, which separates England and Wales and in which Glamorgan lies – was only decided on the last ball after four days of play.

Glamorgan had reached a score of 9-592 and the last man, Jamie McIlroy, needed only a single from the last ball of the match to take the win.

Gloucestershire wicketkeeper James Bracey, who was further back – but not as far back as usual – took off his right glove in case the batters had a bye and he had to dodge at the stumps.

Ajeet Singh Dale bowled, McIlroy hit with swing and edge and Bracey caught the ball with his right hand, causing a terrible scene in Cheltenham.

WOWOne more ball left, one more run to win and set a new world record.James Bracey is not wearing a glove on his right hand.And he catches the ball. pic.twitter.com/4oR4AsjE9H— Vitality County Championship (@CountyChamp) July 3, 2024

Bracey, who briefly played for England, wore protective pads for 225 overs after hitting the last 74 of Gloucestershire’s second innings, scoring an unbeaten double century.

Sam Northeast (187) and Labuschagne (119) led Glamorgan’s attempt to surpass the highest run chase of all time, the 536 achieved by West Zone in a Duleep Trophy match against South Zone in India in February 2010.

Although they failed in this endeavour, they still go down in the record books for the best fourth innings score of any First-Class match in England and the third best of all time.

In the first innings, Gloucestershire were bowled out for 179 and Glamorgan for 197. The home team then reached 5-610, which seemed more than enough at that point.

The result left both teams in the middle of the second division.

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