Bangladesh High Performance team suffered their second successive defeat in the Top End T20 series when they lost to Adelaide Strikers Academy by eight wickets at Darwin on Wednesday.
Put into bat first, Bangladesh HP came up with yet another poor batting show to be restricted to 147-8 with Shamim Patwari hitting highest 42.
Adelaide raced to the victory with 14 balls to spare, reaching the winning target of 148 with the loss just two wickets.
Opener Tanzid Hasan Tamim continued his poor form, being out for one as Bangladesh made a disastrous start.
Parvez Hossain Emon, the top-scorer for Bangladesh in the last two matches, could make only eight this time. And when Afif Hossain was out for two, Bangladesh HP were reduced to 23-3 in the fourth over.
Opener Jishan, who made 26 off 21 balls, followed them later, leaving Bangladesh at 52-4. Skipper Akbar Ali and Shamim Patwari then played two crucial knocks to help the side go past 100.
Akbar made 36 off 35 with one four and two sixes, while Shamim鈥檚 32 ball-42 was studded by three fours and one six.
Tim Oakley and Harry Manenti claimed three wickets apiece for Adelaide.
Adelaide made the chase a cakewalk, thanks to opener Jake Winter鈥檚 54 ball- 82 not out, an innings laced with 10 fours and three sixes. Noah Mcfayden was the other notable scorer with 38.
Ripon Mondol and Abu Haider Rony took the fallen two wickets of Adelaide.
Earlier, HP won their first match against the Melbourne Renegades by 77 runs before losing to the Tasmania Tigers by five wickets in the second game.
