Fast bowler Gus Atkinson Exacerbates the English team's Injury Problems.
'Significant concern' for the touring side as Atkinson is forced off suffering a hamstring problem.
Gus Atkinson added to the injury concerns plaguing England upon exiting the playing area during Saturday's play of the Boxing Day Test against Australia.
The pace bowler felt a problem in his hamstring after the final ball that he bowled on Saturday.
The touring camp stated the 27-year-old had experienced "tightness" and required time away from the action for further assessment "during the day".
The final Test in this Ashes battle beginning on 4 January gets underway this coming Sunday.
The visitors have previously lost strike bowlers Mark Wood to a knee injury and another paceman with an abdominal strain on this Ashes tour.
A replacement bowler was called up to provide backup.
The seamer had a tough time early in the series, taking just three wickets.
He was dropped for the Adelaide match, then recalled for the Melbourne Test to fill the void.
Atkinson improved at the MCG, bagging two scalps with the ball, then making 28 as a batsman being one of only three England players to reach double figures.
Post a single over in Australia's second innings, he came back for the second day's play and removed Scott Boland Scott Boland caught behind.
Yet, towards the conclusion of that over, he delivered a change of pace to Travis Head and promptly felt his left hamstring.
Gus Atkinson returned to the side for the fourth Ashes Test following his omission the Adelaide game.
