Onions out for England

Graham Onions will miss England's first Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong after failing to get over a back injury.

England's bowling attack has been decimated by injuries, with James Anderson missing and with Onions and Stuart Broad both struggling with injuries.

Broad was seen bowling before and after the recent three-day tour match, and could still have a chance of making the first Test on Friday should he pass a fitness test.

Durham seamer Onions has also been turning his arm over, but he has not been able to overcome his troubles and his back injury has forced him to miss out on the first of the two-Test series.

Onions has not been ruled out for the series though, and could make a return for the second Test.

Broad is now the only experienced paceman in Bangladesh and it looks increasingly likely that Tim Bresnan will get a game after he was given some batting time in the warm-up game.

Wickets for James Tredwell means that the option of playing two spinners could be seriously considered by Andy Flower, with Liam Plunkett, Ajmal Shahzad and Steven Finn the other pace options.