It could be the change in bowling coach? Pop is renowned for getting the best out of bowlers, since he left certain bowlers have struggled.

It’s certainly been the round of matches for batting collapses. 5 wickets for less than 50 runs, undoing the good work from this morning. Conditions have changed and the sun is no longer shining but it’s still disappointing.

Sorry...I put the mockers on Sam. I'll remain silent until the end of the match.

A very satisfactory morning session. Got to be happy that the England selectors don't seem to be a fan of Sam Hain as he is so vital to the club!

Four wickets in four overs for one run. Quite a debut so far! Let’s hope he can continue, good for us and Derbyshire.

The openers did alright for the first two matches though Highveld, it almost feels like you have been waiting for them to fail. I’m certainly not in the pro Davies camp but after a couple of good scores I’m willing to give him a chance to show some kind of positive consistency. Yates had a lot to prove after struggling so much last season but has already shown some good form.

I’ve not been following and have just seen the score though so it is of course disappointing. Let’s see what how we do with the ball in our hands.

Although getting out after reaching a hundred is preferable to getting out after getting one like last year.

A good innings, let’s hope it continues throughout the year because if he can get back some of what he had two years ago then we will be in a much stronger position this season than last.

Two quick wickets down, need to consolidate.

First day of the pre season for me, delighted to be back online with you all.

I think the CC will be a struggle, our batting has not been a strong point for most of my time as a member or a supporter. Hopefully the bowling will be able to make up for it and one or two batsmen can have a good season. Relegation battle but it will depend on the other counties, we have been fortunate recently that there have been worse teams than us.

I think T20 will be inconsistent, big wins and big defeats. Probably getting to quarter finals.

50 over will be interesting to view, I’d like to see a balanced squad with youth getting experience and established players guiding. Knock out stages would be good.

Stadium, last year was for me the worst I’ve experienced Edgbaston. Road closures, traffic jams, confusion over members parking and disabled parking across all formats. I’d like to see more effective communication from the club about parking and general travel conditions for those fans who have to travel and public transport isn’t feasible.

Let’s have a good one!

A few four day matches starting on a Thursday so we could see some cricket on an actual weekend!

Perhaps fewer members but they make up a greater percentage of the gate at the county ground than our membership does at Edgbaston. They will also draw a lot of extra spectators, that’s the benefits of the T20 games.

Really hard to understand their agreement with this. U less it’s a case of them having some Women internationals being hosted around that time?

More than a slight inconvenience for Derbyshire fans, imagine our members were told that one of their home games was being moved down the road? I recall something similar happening in the CC a few years back and it didn’t prove popular.

Farbrace has already announced he is leaving, Highveld.

It’s quite odd though how and who get their caps though. It took OHD a long time to get his but did I see correctly that some of our recent overseas players got given one on debut? I may be mistaken.

I had forgotten that Hose was still here. Forgotten man.

A good start would be to sign some dependable bowlers who do not have a track record of getting injured for large parts of a season. I don't know where the rumours about OHD leaving came from but if they are true then we are really are in trouble and getting out of Division 2 could not be taken for granted.

Another match where we get ourselves into a good position but cannot take advantage, typifies the season really.

Oh well, the second division isn't too bad and we will get a few more local matches to go to.

I've found it all to be just depressing this season, I didn't renew this year because I changed job and I didn't have as much availability so I couldn't justify the cost. I've been a couple of times to the T20 and a single 50 over match as that was all I could get to and I just found the whole experience to be poor.

The roads were a nightmare with night closures after games, parking was problematic with blue badge holders (and members) struggling to get parked close to the stadium. The increasingly yobbish behaviour in the 'Party Stand' which keeps getting bigged up and encouraged by big names, I saw at least three matches where fights broke out and the Police forced to escort people out of the ground.

All that before I mention the poor quality cricket on offer....

But I need not worry, Sir Strauss is going to fix it all by reducing what we have but charging us more for the privilege.

Durham are hardly a case for proper management and coaching, they have just released their Head Coach and sit firmly in the mid table of Division 2 having also struggled badly in white ball competitions.

That being said I am glad that Benjamin has scored some runs, didn't Bethell also score some runs for Gloucester (the irony) earlier this season on loan?

Alternatively the club has invested in players for the next few years, allowing inexperienced players the time to develop.