Seamer Gus Atkinson Exacerbates the English team's Fitness Worries.
'Significant concern' for the English camp as Atkinson is forced off with a hamstring injury.
The English seamer increased the injury concerns plaguing England upon exiting the playing area during Saturday's play of the fourth Ashes Test versus the Australians.
The right-arm seamer pulled up with his hamstring immediately following a delivery that he bowled on Saturday.
The England team stated Atkinson felt some "soreness" and required time away from the action to undergo evaluation "in the coming hours".
The series decider of the tour at the SCG starts at the end of the week.
The visitors have been without fast bowlers one seamer due to knee trouble and another paceman to a side strain on this Ashes tour.
A replacement bowler was added to the party to provide backup.
The seamer had a tough time during the first two matches, taking just a handful of scalps.
He was omitted from the previous Test, before being recalled for the Boxing Day match in the playing XI.
The county bowler improved at the MCG, bagging two scalps with the ball, before adding 28 as a batsman among just a trio of England players who passed ten runs.
Following a brief spell at the end of day one, he returned for the second day's play and dismissed the nightwatchman taken by the wicketkeeper.
Yet, on the final ball of the fifth over, he delivered a change of pace to Travis Head and immediately felt at his leg.
Gus Atkinson was recalled for the Melbourne match following his omission of the third.
