Nathan Reardon says loss to Sixers hasn't dented team's Big Bash confidence Nathan Reardon says the Adelaide Strikers are still confident. The Sydney Sixers have beaten a Strikers side who were in hot form, the win means the Sixers have jumped in front of their Adelaide oponents into second place. ONE bad performance won't dent the Adelaide Strikers' confidence, according to batsman Nathan Reardon. The Strikers floundered in all aspects of the game in Sunday night's six-wicket loss to the Sydney Sixers - their first of the competition. Another big crowd at Adelaide Oval couldn't help them, the home side getting off to a horrible start, losing early wickets and stumbling to a pedestrian 4/35 off the first eight overs. Nathan Reardon after being run out against the Sixers. (Photo by Daniel Kalisz/Getty Images) Source: Getty Images Despite a middle-order fight back led by Reardon and Bangladesh international Shakib Al Hasan, the total of 7/149 never looked to be enough and so it proved, the Sixers always in control to get home with five balls to spare. Reardon knows the bad start cost the Strikers, but doesn't think there will be any lasting effects. "We were pretty positive after the game, we know that we've got plenty of power up the top of the order and the way they play sometimes it's not going to come off and (on Sunday) night it didn't," he said. We still had opportunities to win the game but unfortunately it didn't go to plan. We're not going to let one loss get in the way of our goal in trying to win this tournament. That's just a small speed bump and sometimes good teams need a loss to level you out a little bit. Reardon was impressed with the debut of Al Hasan, who was a standout with bat and ball, making 46 off 30 while taking 2/21 off his four overs. While Reardon, who shared an 80-run partnership with the all-rounder, explained it was a "bit of a challenge running between the wickets," he knows Al Hasan is an asset for the Strikers. "I'd never heard of him or seen him play, but he certainly delivered the other night, it's just unfortunate it didn't result in a win," Reardon said. He's a quiet character, I think most of those subcontinent guys are quiet... but guys with that sort of ability fit into teams really well. The Strikers will regroup before coming up against the Melbourne Stars in a crucial clash at the MCG on Thursday night. The Stars have taken all before them so far in BBL03 and are a $2.60 favourite to take out the title, but Reardon believes the Strikers, who have been touted as the biggest danger, will take it up to them. "We still feel like we're the main challengers to the Stars," he said. We feel like we've got options all the way down the order with bat and ball so it's going to be a good test to see where we're at.