GLAMORGAN'S record-equalling Twenty20 batsman Ian Thomas hopes to prove he is not just a one-day batsman but a genuine county cricketer.

The 25-year-old Machen-born Newport club player was stung by criticism in some quarters of his only county championship innings to date this season, when he scored 29 against Durham.

Despite his magnificent 116 not out off 57 balls with seven sixes and eleven fours in the Twenty20 win over Somerset at Taunton on Tuesday, his aim remains to become a county championship regular.

And he hopes he will get the chance to prove himself worthy of being that and of a new contract at the end of the season.

"I don't really want to worry about the (contract) situation. Hopefully that'll come at the the end of the year.

"But that's the big thing now for me, I don't want to be pencilled in as a one-day cricketer only and a slogger.

"There was some criticism of my batting in the one championship game I've played in this season and it hurts when you see things suggesting I'm a hitter.

"I do leave bad balls alone and I'll hold my hand up when I've played a bad shot, but some things said have been bang out of order.

"I'm a batsman who can bat one to six and hopefully I'll get further chances to prove myself in county cricket."

Meanwhile Glamorgan, who won just one Twenty20 game last season, bid to make it three from three against a strong Warwickshire side at Cardiff on Thursday (5.30pm start) and Thomas admits it's a big game in terms of qualifying for the quarter-finals on July 19 and 20.

"Warwickshire are a strong one-day team and we've had many big games against them in the past. They've got some dangerous players in this type of format," he said.

"They bat all the way down and if things come off for them they can post ridiculous targets and chase ridiculous targets.

"But we beat them in the National League (by 13 runs) when Alex Wharf got a hat-trick and it's nice to have one up on them already, though they'll be out to salvage some pride."

As for Glamorgan winning the competition, he would only say: "There's a great balance in the team.

"We bat down to eleven and we have bowlers who can bowl in one-day areas, and in each game we have seen different people putting their hands up. That's a good sign.

"But in any game I think anybody has a chance on the night. It's such a lottery and that's why it's so good to watch. You can lose it in one over basically. "I think the players enjoy it, it's a buzz to play in front of 4-5,000 people. "And it does bring in different types of spectator. It brings in the kids, which is great, and it brings maybe a little bit of the football element in who want to get a quick fix and enjoy the barracking and the abuse they can give out.

"It gets everyone talking about the game for a month in the season and keeps people thirsty for the game. "And kids and senior players play twenty over club cricket and that's why so many people relate to it."

Glamorgan squad: Maynard, Thomas (I), Powell, Hemp, Hughes, Croft, Thomas (D), Wharf, Wallace, Davies, Cosker, Watkins.