Fast bowler Gus Atkinson Exacerbates the English team's Injury Worries.
'Significant concern' for the English camp as Atkinson leaves the field suffering a hamstring problem.
The English seamer added to the fitness woes of the England squad after leaving the playing area early on day two of the Boxing Day Test versus the Australians.
The right-arm seamer pulled up with his hamstring immediately following a delivery in his spell at the MCG.
The touring camp indicated Atkinson had experienced "tightness" and would spend time off the field to undergo evaluation "in the coming hours".
The concluding match in this Ashes battle at the SCG begins at the end of the week.
The visitors have been without strike bowlers Mark Wood to a knee injury and Jofra Archer because of a side injury during this series.
A replacement bowler was added to the party as injury reinforcement.
Atkinson struggled during the first two matches, managing only a handful of scalps.
He was dropped for the Adelaide match, before being recalled for the Boxing Day match as Archer's replacement.
Surrey's Atkinson performed better in the fourth Test, bagging two scalps with the ball, before adding 28 as a batsman as one of just three teammates to reach double figures.
Following a brief spell in Australia's second innings, he came back on Saturday morning and had nightwatchman Scott Boland caught behind.
Unfortunately, on the final ball of the fifth over, he delivered a variation to the batsman and suddenly grabbed his left hamstring.
Atkinson returned to the side for the Boxing Day Test following his omission of the third.
