Nairobi, Kenya -- Bermuda received a sudden wake-up call yesterday when they crashed to a six-wicket defeat to Bangladesh at Simba Union Club.

Pencilled in at the last moment as replacements for late-arriving West Africa, Bermuda were outplayed in every phase of the game by a disciplined Bangladesh side, the second seeds in the ICC Trophy tournament, which starts next Saturday.

On a treacherous outfield, Bermuda's mediocre target was never going to be enough despite Kenny Phillip picking up a wicket in the second over.

Bangladesh, like Young Kenya did on Wednesday, scored at an appreciable rate early in their innings and that made life difficult for Albert Steede and his men.

After five overs they had scored 19 runs, after 10 they had 38 and after 20 they had 82 with the loss of one more wicket.

Number four bat Aminal Islam top-scored with 72 not out while captain Faruq Ahmed made 44 at number three, the two putting Bangladesh into a powerful position with a third-wicket stand worth 59 runs.

Ahmed was run out by square leg fielder Clay Smith and Minhuzul Abedin met the same fate when he challenged Bruce Perinchief in the covers and lost.

That last dismissal made the score 115-4 and from there Islam and Akram Khan (18 not out) saw off the remaining runs with little incident.

The fact that Bangladesh completed the victory as early as the 35th over left Bermuda with justified cause to worry about their out-cricket.

"We made too many mistakes today and that cost us,'' said captain Steede.

"We did not take advantage of the few bad balls they gave us and then for the second time the opposing team got off to a quick start against our bowlers.'' A major difference between the teams proved to be the amount of loose deliveries Bangladesh received -- and they put away almost all of them.

On the other hand, Bermuda struggled against a tidy bowling attack that featured two spinners and a left-arm medium-pacer who later turned to spin.

Sent in to bat, Bermuda were off to another slow start. At 20 in the ninth over, Dexter Smith was adjudged to have nicked an attempted hook off Golam Mohammed Nowsher and was caught behind for five.

Bermuda slipped to 37 for two when Clay Smith played loosely at a rising delivery and was caught behind for eight.

Skipper Steede and Charlie Marshall, a century-maker in the first game, then added 49 before Steede fell.

Steede had batted soundly for 124 minutes and hit four fours and a six in his team's high knock of 49 before skying a drive off Abedin.

Marshall went on to 24 before he was smartly caught just inside the mid-wicket boundary off leg-spinner Sarfardula Bin-Saikat.

Noel Gibbons continued his impressive batting with a knock of 40, but it ended all too soon for Bermuda when he was run out with six overs left.

Gibbons batted one hour exactly and was just looking to hit full stride when he was undone after a mix-up with Dean Minors.

The threat of big hitter Phillip never materialised as he was caught on the next ball.

So the last 10 overs, which started with six wickets in hand, produced only 40 runs and Bermuda would be later made to pay for such wastage.

The team huddled for a lengthy post-mortem upon returning to their hotel and it is hoped that a more spirited effort will be put forth against Uganda today.

This match will mark the inclusion of opening batsmen Allen Richardson, the last of the 16 squad members to see action in Kenya.

NOEL GIBBONS -- The veteran hit 40 in 60 minutes.