Is this at Portland Road? If the first team ever play one day matches there we'll see 500 plays 500 I reckon. Absolute postage stamp ground.

It's all so unnecessary, 7 or 8 hours watching from the same seat is a long time. It's why I don't go to international games.

I ain't got a clue which stand I want to sit in, I like to watch different bowlers from different vantage points, depends on the pitch location too. If I'm sitting in the Hollies but I rock up on the 27th and the pitch is Raglan side and I can't move ill be a bit annoyed!

However I'm gonna be at all 4 days of this game regardless so...

The restrictions are totally disproportionate to the transmission rates now.

Just let us sit where we want and move about!

Yeah I have wondered if the ECB will let Stone play this one after the exertions of the last 2 games.

Good challenge for us this, Durham away.

We haven't had this sort of feeling in a long time.

We are a team of fighters.

Dont fancy us

Great chance now, what a session.

I'd like to think the current partnership has engineered us into a position where we shouldn't lose. Early to say though. The middle session was great cricket, Essex bowled so well as a unit and Lamb in particular showed great composure against them. Briggs lower order batting has been a revelation.

Great resistance this

Essex have been good. Some of the dismissals look bad, but as a unit Essex have been pretty much spot on.

To be fair Thomason is making a good fist of the openers job down at Sussex.

Agreed, it's absolutely outrageous that we can't go in. Why aren't counties badgering the government more?

Anyway, Bears day.

Come on you bears

Yates to open and Mousley to go 6 for me.

Any scorecard for this?

Massive, massive win in terms of the development of this young side.

I don't want to sound like I'm getting my excuses in early but the Sibley situation has really done us here.

Anyway, Hain and Lamb played well there.

Rhodes got a shocker at the end there.

Sibley situation is such a blow, it's really messed us up. Think Yates is so much more comfortable, psychologically if anything, batting at 3 as opposed to opening.

It's the lower order too, everywhere I look I see teams putting on 150+ with numbers 8, 9, 10 and 11. Not us though!