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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Port of Spain, April 30 (Cricketnmore):<\/strong> Iraq Thomas, a young batsman from Trinidad and Tobago, smashed a 21-ball 100 in what could be the fastest ever Twenty20 ton.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He finished with an unbeaten 131 from 31 balls which helped his team Scarborough-Mason Hall chase down a target of 152 in just eight overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thomas had scored 97 from 53 balls earlier the same day but he went one better against Speyside, posting an explosive knock that featured 15 sixes and five fours, reported a news agency on Friday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thomas&#39; effort helped down Chris Gayle&#39;s fastest recorded T20 century where he smashed a ton off 30 balls for Royal Challengers Bangalore in an Indian Premier League (IPL) game in 2013.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&quot;I was just very happy to reach my first T20 century. I never thought I would get the runs as quickly as I did but after hitting a few, I realised that something special can happen out there and it came through,&quot; Thomas said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Agency.<\/p>\r\n",
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