England seamer Graham Onions has suffered a further setback in his recovery from a troublesome back injury. Onions, who was forced to return early from England's recent tour of Bangladesh, pulled up again while bowling in the nets at Durham's Riverside ground earlier this week.
The 27 year-old again complained of soreness in his back and was sent for a precautionary scan by England's medical staff.
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Onions's batting twice helped England avoid defeat in South Africa during the winter when his dogged tail end batting enabled them to escape with draws with nine wickets down at Centurion and Cape Town.
But he was dropped for the fourth Test in Johannesburg when England opted to play Ryan Sidebottom and has been left out of the squad for the forthcoming World Twenty20 in the Caribbean.
No date has yet been set for a possible playing comeback by Onions but he has a month to prove his fitness as the first Test of the summer against Bangladesh at Lord's does not start until May 27.
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