🔗 Share this article Fast bowler Gus Atkinson Compounds the English team's Fitness Problems. 'Major setback' for the English camp as Atkinson is forced off with a hamstring injury. The English seamer increased the injury concerns plaguing England when he left the field during Saturday's play in the Melbourne Test against Australia. The right-arm seamer pulled up with his left leg post-delivery of the fourth over during the morning session. The touring camp indicated Atkinson had experienced "tightness" and was to take time off the field to undergo evaluation "over the next few hours". The concluding match of the tour at the SCG begins on Sunday, 4 January. The English side has already lost fast bowlers one seamer due to knee trouble and another paceman because of a side injury during this series. A replacement bowler was added to the party as injury reinforcement. His form was underwhelming early in the series, taking just a handful of scalps. He was left out for the Adelaide match, before being recalled for the fourth Test to fill the void. Atkinson showed better form in Melbourne, bagging two scalps in Australia's first innings, then making 28 as a batsman among just a trio of English batsmen to get into double digits. Post a single over late on the first day, he resumed for the second day's play and dismissed the nightwatchman Scott Boland caught behind. However, towards the conclusion of that over, he delivered a slower ball to Travis Head and promptly felt at his leg. Atkinson returned to the side for the fourth Ashes Test after being left out of the third.