A few might have thought the 50-over game against Derbyshire could be a good morale-booster for Bangladesh and perhaps provide an opportunity to win the contest given the strength of the opponents in the context of their current position in the county championship.

But at the end of the day even Derbyshire with no big names in their ranks walked over the tourists like England did in the two-Tests. Bangladesh batted first after winning the toss and limped to 189 before being all out in 46.1 overs.

Babul Miah, one of the few Bangladeshis came to the ground to watch his beloved team in action, was disappointed seeing a trademark batting collapse but hoped that the bowlers would make a match out of it.

But by the time Derbyshire raced to the winning target of 190-4 with nearly 12 overs to spare Babul's wife, his two sons, another three siblings of his elder brother had disappeared from the ground silently.

Babul, who claimed he is approaching 40 but his wife disagreed, tried his best to cheer the cricketers -- all of them including his two-year-old son wearing caps with the red and green Bangladesh flag painted on it.

"I made all the caps and painted it at my home in the morning and I feel proud to be here and support my national team," remarked Babul while Bangladesh was batting.

But there was little to cheer about for him and millions fans back home as Habibul Bashar's men showed no resilience in the day-night contest.

The organisers switched on the six floodlight towers from seven in the evening but it fought a lost battle like Bangladesh against the brilliant sunshine that was burning till the match finished at around nine.

And after the game nobody was interested to talk to reporters. Only coach Dav Whatmore reluctantly made a brief appearance with a forceful smile on his face.

"We were hoping to do bit better particularly with the bat which is an area of concern given our performance in the ICC Champions Trophy last September and also in other games too and losing wickets early is not a good way of going about it," said the 50-year-old after the match.

He also did not make it a secret that his team played poor cricket.

"I think the wicket was nice but it was bad batting and bad decision making again," he said.

Asked to comment on the manner in which Nafees Iqbal was run out in the first over without facing a single ball, Whatmore replied diplomatically.

"It was unfortunate. It was probably a risky run anyway but one of the two batsmen was slow moving off," said the Bangladesh coach.

Nafees responded to a sharp single after Javed Omar pushed the ball at point, but the Chittagong right-hander moved so clumsily that he gave the impression his body might have been on the ground but his mind lurking somewhere else.

"He is probably not the only one either. He had a couple of half starts in the Test matches and has not gone on. Rajin is also not getting runs," remarked Whatmore about his two frontline batsmen.

The Bangladesh coach said that he was not surprised at the defeat.

"I can't say I have expected it but it did not surprise me. Honestly, I have no problem losing. It is just one or two things we did not do well that we would like to do on Sunday."

Bangladesh will play their second practice match against Worcestershire on Sunday.

For today's match Bangladesh have made four changes. Mohammad Ashraful is coming in for Rajin Saleh, Shariar Nafees replaces Nafees Iqbal while Mashrafee Bin Mortuza and Mohammad Rafique make ways for Tapash Baisya and Manzarul Islam.

He however argued that the bowling and fielding was average in match, where the opposition batsmen ran for three fours.

"I don't think so. The left-hander chanced his arm he batted ok and accelerated the scoring early on which made it hard for us to defend a total of 190. We had to keep the field up perhaps we could have taken a catch with Javed running back," said Whatmore.

Derbyshire's left-hand opener Stubbings hit a breezy 45 before their Australian batsman Moss took them close to victory with a solid 72.

Tushar Imran's 40 off 58 balls and two wickets for young pace bowler Nazmul Hossain earlier on the day were the only solace for the team management. It was also bad news for those who have been here for quite sometime and complaining about moving conditions.

Both Tushar and Nazmul joined the team after the Test series and they looked very comfortable despite having little or no practice at home.