Justin Langer hailed Pete Trego as a potential future England player after the all-rounder produced the innings of his life to win Somerset their third successive Championship match.

Somerset achieved the second highest run chase in the history of the County Championship when they made 479-6 from 85.3 overs against Yorkshire at Taunton thanks to the fastest first-class hundred of the season so far from Trego.

The Weston-born player finished 103 not out from 54 balls, with nine sixes and six fours, as Somerset CCC won with 27 deliveries to spare.

Langer said: "The way Trego played was incredible. In the past he might have thrown it away but he started to take it more seriously. He could certainly play international cricket.

"In the past he would have got out after he got 50 and we would have drawn or lost. At one point he played a fancy little dab shot and I said 'If you had got out like that I wouldn't have picked you because you are not taking it seriously'.

"He has got to keep embracing being a professional."

Trego said: "Without a shadow of a doubt that was the innings of my life. I hadn't got a great deal of runs and I was feeling terrible against the red ball.

"I have worked really hard in the nets, but to be honest it was just about survival. But the bowler (Ajmal) Shazad gave me a few verbals and I thought: 'I am going to go after you here' and the ball turned from a pea to a balloon.

"These sort of days can hopefully only help me to get where I want to be in my career.

"It was only through my impatience and petulance that I ever left the club in the first place, but I don't regret anything because days like today would not be possible without that part of my character, today wouldn't be possible."

Arul Suppiah, with a career best 131, Marcus Trescothick, with 96, and David Stiff (49 from 32 balls), were also stars.

Langer said: "Tres has got over 800 runs and the way he is batting is sublime. For Arul it was his first hundred for four years and he has worked so hard for it. Hopefully this will be a turning point."

The other good news for Stiff is that he has been awarded a contract extension to take in next season.