Chances were at a premium at Newlands because of the heavy rain and sodden pitch and few of the Lions were able to stake a claim for inclusion in the second Test.
Following that, it now plans a pilot to test the inclusion of Level 3 qualifications - as advanced studies are known - in the post-16 tables "on a basis of equivalence to A-level".
After the game, Law backed Flintoff's inclusion in the England squad for next week's first Test against New Zealand - despite his failure to score in either innings against Durham.
Sri Lanka are to strengthen their spin attack with the inclusion of left-armer Rangana Herath in the squad for the second Test against Pakistan, which starts in Galle on Wednesday.
Watson's inclusion puts further pressure on Andrew Symonds, who after scores of 26 and 20 in the opening Test with New Zealand - his first back after suspension - made a duck in the second game.
But it is Shaw's inclusion that is perhaps the most compelling story, with the 35-year-old Wasps lock making his Lions Test debut, despite having toured in 1997 and 2005.
But he looks to be well placed for inclusion in Wales' testing summer schedule that sees them facing South Africa in Cardiff before embarking on a two-Test tour of New Zealand.