Yorkshire have won the toss and will bat this morning.
It gives the Tykes the chance to dictate the course of this game with a big score but Paul Collingwood will be hoping to exploit the heavy morning rain with plenty of movement off the seam. It will also give Durham the chance to bat last on pitch which tends to get flatter as it goes on.
Sri Lanka legend Kumar Sangakkara makes his Durham debut, and Mark Wood is in for his first appearance of the season after a side injury. Gareth Breese and Usman Arshad are the men to make way.
Sangakkara is only here on a two-game stint (the other is at Sussex, starting a week today) ahead of Sri Lanka's tour of England. But he told the Chronicle this week he will not be treating these games as glorified net practice.
Yorkshire are without Joe Root - their captain that game - and Gary Ballance from the side which lost an incredible match at Lord's this week. The pair have been called up by England ahead of Friday's Scotland v England friendly. It means regular skipper Andrew Gale has been able to recall himself.
The Tykes are also boosted by the return of two other England men, Jonny Bairstow and Tim Bresnan, who are playing their first games after injury. Bairstow will be playing only as a specialist batsman on his return from a broken finger.
Durham are looking for their first win of the campaign after having to settle for draws on flat pitches at Wantage Road, and here at Chester-le-Street. Play gets underway at 11am.
DURHAM: Stoneman, Jennings, Borthwick, Sangakkara, Richardson, Collingwood (c), Mustard (wk), Wood, Harrison, Rushworth Onions.
YORKSHIRE: Lyth, Lees, Williamson, Gale (c), Bairstow, Rashid, Hodd (wk), Bresnan, Plunkett, Sidebottom, Brooks.
Umpires: Jeremy Lloyds and Alex Wharf.
Third umpire: Martin Saggers.