WARWICKSHIRE Bears remain winless in the T20 Blast following a derby defeat against Worcestershire Rapids at New Road.
Put into bat, the Bears managed just 141 all out from their 20 overs as only three batters managed double figures.
And the Rapids comfortably reached the required total as the home side claimed victory in the penultimate over of their run chase.
Warwickshire have now lost all three of their T20 Blast matches this season.
The Bears made the worst possible start when Tom Taylor (2-17) bowled opener Alex Davies (0) with the first ball of the match.
And a mix-up between Beau Webster (9) and Rob Yates (45) then saw the former run out in the fourth over after good work by Matthew Waite.
Yates and Sam Hain (16) looked to rebuild the innings only for the latter to a chip a shot straight to Adam Hose off the bowling of Adam Finch (2-38).
And Bears captain Ed Barnard (9) then edged a shot into the gloves of Gareth Roderick from the bowling of Usama Mir (3-27) to leave the Bears on 59-4.
The visitors found themselves five down just past the midway point of the innings as Mir bowled Vansh Jani (8) to leave Warwickshire on 82-5.
Warwickshire reached the 100-run mark in the 15th over only for Yates to fall in the next over to a superb Ethan Brookes catch from the bowling of Mir.
The Bears then lost Chris Woakes (4) as Taylor claimed a second scalp before Finch trapped Jordan Thompson (37) LBW after a late flourish.
The wickets continued to tumble as Oliver Hannon-Dalby (0) fell to Waite (2-28) in the final over before Usman Tariq (1) skied a shot into the hands of Brett D’Oliveira with the Bears all out for 141.
Worcestershire made a steady start in reply before Thompson (1-30) failed to take what appeared a routine catch after Isaac Mohammed (27) skied the ball straight up in the air.
However, the Bears finally made the breakthrough at the end of the sixth over when Rapids skipper D’Oliveira (26) cut a shot into the hands of Tazeem Ali off the bowling of Thompson.
And Mohammed then fell to the bowling of Tariq (1-23) as Davies stumped the opener despite Tariq bowling a wide.
Kashif Ali (36) and Hose (23) kept the runs ticking over before the latter blasted a shot to Adam Hose off the bowling of Woakes (1-21).
And Hannon-Dalby (1-23) claimed the wicket of Ali in the 18th over with the Rapids 10 runs shy of victory.
However, Sikandar Raza (25 not out) and Brookes (2 not out) guided Worcestershire to victory with seven balls to spare.
