After taking five wickets on his Test debut, Durham's Steve Harmison gets another chance to impress as fellow novice pace bowler Simon Jones recovers from injury.
Onions has raw, skiddy pace and plenty of endurance but only time will tell whether he can take over 200 Test wickets like his Durham team-mate has.
The problem has been an ongoing one for the 28-year-old and it flared up again during England's second Test victory over the Windies in Durham last week.
Durham's suspect batting stood up to the test in their second innings with Gough playing particularly well in an opening stand with Pratt.
The two sides meet at Chester-le-Street in Durham on 14 May in the second and final Test which West Indies must win to retain the Wisden Trophy they regained this year.
Bresnan took his first Test wickets in the win over West Indies at Durham but understands why Flintoff will come straight back into contention.
The 30-year-old all-rounder, who made one Test appearance for England, has agreed to join Durham despite having two years left on his Somerset deal.
Geoff Cook, his coach at Durham, believes Harmison still has the ability to play at Test level, but he needs help from the national coaches.
The Durham paceman has enjoyed a fairytale two days since returning to the Test scene and, although he was dropped by Boucher on 19, he combined canny stroke-making with dogged defence.
Pietersen played a huge role in Harmison's return to the Test arena earlier this month and is a big admirer of the Durham bowler.
Vaughan also has Steve Harmison at his disposal, but the Durham star turned in a mixed display against a strong Invitational XI which featured Test players Matthew Bell, Peter Fulton, Stephen Fleming and Mathew Sinclair.
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.
The study looking at projects in Durham, Newham and Wolverhampton found that free meals for all helped to close the gap in test results between rich and poor pupils.
Durham County Council has agreed the deal in principle with the club, which will host an Ashes Test for the first time this summer.
Noble, who is originally from County Durham, was also disqualified from driving for six years and will have to take an extended driving test.
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