WORCESTERSHIRE Rapid's assistant coach Kadeer Ali was left frustrated with his side's "disappointing display" against Leicestershire, feeling they need to find greater balance between positive intent and smart cricket.
Led by Gareth Roderick's 49 off 29 balls, Rapids made their way to 87-3 after nine overs.
However the second half of the innings was dominated by Leicestershire, who took frequent wickets to restrict the side to 150.
"A very disappointing result to start with," admitted Ali. "We wanted to bat first and see if we could get the runs on the board and I think after the power play, we’re 54 for two, we had a reasonable start.
"The halfway stage of our innings we were 88 for three and had a really nice platform, so it was just really disappointing how we played the back end of our innings, really.
"The last 10 overs, I think we scored 60 and we lost five wickets."
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The result spelled back-to-back defeats, having also fallen to Lancashire a few days prior.
In their remaining matches before the break to return to the Rothesay County Championship, they will host Durham, before playing Birmingham Bears.
With two triumphs in their opening six matches, Ali feels his side need to find a better balance between positive intent and playing smart cricket.
"T20 cricket is about playing with the right intent, but we had a chat the other day. It’s all good being aggressive and playing with intent, but you’ve got to be smart at the same time," he explained.
"What we are alluding to there is that we’ve had some soft dismissals in both games. But we’re not going to say to the guys, don’t play with intent - we can encourage that.
"But I think the lads know we need to be a bit smarter.
"Hitting to the big side into the wind – can we be a little bit smarter there and try and hit pockets a bit more and be a bit smarter with the options?
"A disappointing display and that was ultimately always going to be a challenge to try and defend 150."
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