Paceman Gus Atkinson Exacerbates the English team's Injury Worries.
'Serious blow' for the touring side after Atkinson goes off with a hamstring injury.
Gus Atkinson increased England's injury problems after leaving the playing area early on day two of the Boxing Day Test in the Ashes series.
The right-arm seamer pulled up with his hamstring immediately following a delivery in his spell at the MCG.
Team management stated Atkinson had experienced "tightness" and was to take time off the field in order to be assessed "during the day".
The concluding match of the tour in Sydney begins on Sunday, 4 January.
The English side has been without strike bowlers one seamer due to knee trouble and Jofra Archer with an abdominal strain on this Ashes tour.
Matthew Fisher was brought into the squad to provide backup.
Atkinson struggled early in the series, taking just a handful of scalps.
He was omitted from the previous Test, only to be brought back for the fourth Test in the playing XI.
Surrey's Atkinson improved at the MCG, claiming a couple of wickets with the ball, before adding 28 while batting as one of just three teammates to get into double digits.
Post a single over at the end of day one, he came back on Saturday morning and removed Scott Boland taken by the wicketkeeper.
Yet, towards the conclusion of the fifth over, he bowled a variation to the batsman and immediately felt his left hamstring.
Gus Atkinson was recalled for the Boxing Day Test after being left out the previous Test.
