SOMERSET director of cricket Matthew Maynard said his side are ‘not getting the rub of the green’ after Sunday’s narrow NatWest T20 Blast defeat to Glamorgan – but believes they are ‘still very much in the mix in the competition.’

Maynard felt his side were on the wrong end of a couple of umpiring decisions involving Jamie Overton – the first when the young pace bowler was called for a no-ball in the tenth over of the Glamorgan innings - and then when he was caught off a full toss, which appeared to be above waist-high, at the back-end of the Somerset innings.

Maynard said: “The disappointing thing for me, were the two decisions which went against us.

“They effectively cost us four runs and that would have won us the game.

“We’re not getting the rub of the green - we didn’t get it today and we didn’t get it at Cardiff when we played Glamorgan there, but things come around and we are not far away.

“We’re still very much in the mix in the competition.

“Our problem today was that we didn’t get big enough partnerships going.”

Colin Ingram’s superb 96 and an excellent last over from Wayne Parnell secured Glamorgan a three-run victory at Taunton.

Ingram’s 62-ball innings was the highlight of Glamorgan’s 170-4, and no Somerset batsman was able to play the major innings required as the hosts finished on 167 for eight.

Tim Groenewald nearly snatched victory for Somerset with an unbeaten 27 from nine balls, which included three sixes.

However, with 12 needed off the last over, Parnell kept the hosts to eight runs and bowled Abdur Rehman with the penultimate ball of the match.

Glamorgan’s Ingram said after his match-winning 96 against Somerset: “I only had a few weeks playing here last year for Somerset, but it’s always a good wicket at Taunton and I was pleased with my innings.

“We lost a couple of wickets in the middle overs, so it was important I stayed to the end.

“I wanted to put the last ball of the innings into the river to reach my hundred, but it was not to be.”

As for an expertly-bowled last over from Wayne Parnell, which kept Somerset to eight runs, Ingram said of his fellow South African: “I’ve seen him do that many times over the years.

“It was a chance for him to showcase his talent and it was a brilliant last over. It was a massive win for us and keeps us in the hunt.”