It all comes down to communication, if the club or the ECB made a proper announcement with even the briefest of explanations then a lot of this negativity would disappear.

Yes on the first day I took my dad and was told at the gate that the disabled spaces were all taken, so I dropped him off and parked up the road and walked in.

Today I arrived a bit earlier by myself and saw a family friend drive in with a blue badge and go into the car park. I asked a steward and they said that blue badge holders can get in the ground to park and that there are no designated spaces for them.

So I called my dad and advised so he managed to get parked within the ground, just as well as he had forgotten his walking stick 🤦‍♂️

It would be good to have some official communication from the club for advice on this but hopefully word will get about amongst members so those with walking difficulty can get in when needed.

Any idea why Hameed is allowed to play after his call up but Sibley isn’t? Seems a trifle unfair. I suppose he may not be seen as an England starter unlike Sibley but it still looks like double standards!

From 238-3 I am rather disappointed that we are struggling to get to 300. I felt 350+was on for much of yesterday but an inability to progress the score when players were ‘in’ was frustrating.

Granted we are out of form as a batting unit and we were put in to bat.

Only six more needed so we may get the much needed extra batting point.

And just a beautiful six from Norwell! Lots happening this morning.

Yep I called today about disabled parking and was told it was first come first serve. Seems a bit off, if they are all taken I guess I’ll be dropping my dad off and parking elsewhere to walk in.

It’s little things like this that can grate as a member.

That is true he is being paid a terrific amount, when I listened to his interview on the Bears Podblast (incidentally a very entertaining listen) he did seem quite frustrated with it all even if he clearly couldn’t say anything too disparaging.

Nonetheless I’m very much looking to seeing whoever plays over the next (hopefully) four days. It’s been too long!

It must be tough being Chris Woakes, travelling around the world to carry the drinks and not play much cricket. I’m not going to say his talent has been wasted by any stretch, his trophy cabinet and career stats testify against that, but it’s hard not to wonder what might have been had he been around in a different era.

The statement being that we don’t score many first innings runs!?

There is something to admire about backing players in certain positions however I like the look of the batting suggested by bald_reynard. A couple of all rounders lower down the order and allow batsmen to focus on batting alone. We shouldn’t expect Bresnan and Rhodes to bowl all day but being able to bring them in and out should be a good tactic. It just so happens that Rhodes has the best average for us at the moment (I believe looking at the BBC).

Rhodes out early again, at the moment he has a touch of the Ian Bell when he is at the crease. He looks comfortable and then gets out.

Let's hope he can keep kicking on, he certainly seems ahead of Brookes in the pecking order right now. It's a big show of faith with the contract after only a couple of decent performances.

Two centuries in an innings, it feels like that hasn’t happened for a while (I’m sure someone will correct me). Great effort by Burgess.

I think honours even is a fair analysis.

Hopefully we can get to 300+ this morning. It would nice to see Burgess get a big score to hopefully give him the confidence to crack in for the rest of the season.

With the weather forecast I think we need to try and get as many bonus points as possible.

Well I would say a decent day, but probably a couple of wickets too many fell for it to have been truly our day.

Kudos to Yates and it was good to see Burgess make some runs.

Rhodes does seem to struggle for runs at the start of the season for some reason. I remember a couple of seasons ago him and Sibley laid some great foundations for the team, especially towards the end of the season.

It’s a shame Sibley got injured but he was not in great form after the winter so his confidence would have been low. Things could have been different had factors been different, but we need to deal with what we have.

Yates is learning a lot, and seems to be growing so I am excited to see how he develops over the next couple of seasons.

When you think we didn’t win a match last year then progress has definitely been made.

I really hope the new coaching set up can help sort out our continued batting fragility soon. I think the thinking behind the overseas deals shows that they have highlighted this as an area to be improved.

Briggs was a bit expensive this morning I felt. Surprised that neither Miles nor Bresnan was given the ball even for just a couple of overs.

Let’s hope our batsmen have a better session than the first!

It seems to have been a bad toss to lose. Durham have been showing signs of improvement this year as well with some good recruitment.

I don’t think being optimistic, I think the game has gone from us (I’d love to be proved wrong though).

I just want the team to battle, look for small victories during the rest of the match and not capitulate.

Every team has bad days and games that don’t go the way they were planned but that is not an excuse for giving up. We have seen character in the past two games and I want to see the same with this one.

Learn the lessons and make progress.

A flying pig or two would be good to see as well!

Well, it’s a new day and a new opportunity.

We have shown a lot of character over the past couple of matches so I am hoping to see the same today. It’s not going to be straightforward as the weather looks mixed in Durham today.

If we can bowl them out today with a lead not too excessive that would be a good effort. There is a lot of time left in this match, we need to keep our heads up.