Andrew Flintoff finally returns to action after being passed fit to take his place in Lancashire's Championship line up for the match with Durham at the Riverside.

Tom Smith misses the game with a side strain, and the all-rounder will have a precautionary scan later today.

Glen Chapple has won the toss and put Durham in to bat.

Lancashire: Chapple (capt), Horton, Loye, Prince, Chilton, du Plessis, Sutton (wk), Flintoff, Mahmood, Keedy, Newby.