🔗 Share this article Seamer Gus Atkinson Adds to the English team's Fitness Concerns. 'Serious blow' for the English camp after Atkinson is forced off suffering a hamstring problem. The English seamer further complicated the injury concerns plaguing England when he left the field on the second morning of the fourth Ashes Test in the Ashes series. The pace bowler experienced discomfort in his left leg immediately following a delivery of the fourth over on Saturday. The touring camp indicated the 27-year-old reported "discomfort" and required time off the field to undergo evaluation "during the day". The concluding match in this Ashes battle in Sydney gets underway on Sunday, 4 January. The visitors have previously lost key quicks one seamer due to knee trouble and Jofra Archer to a side strain on this Ashes tour. A replacement bowler was brought into the squad as injury reinforcement. Atkinson struggled in the opening two Tests, claiming a mere three wickets. He was dropped of the third Test, before being recalled for the fourth Test to fill the void. Atkinson showed better form in Melbourne, taking two wickets with the ball, and scoring 28 runs as a batsman among just a trio of teammates to get into double digits. Following a brief spell at the end of day one, he resumed for the second day's play and removed Scott Boland taken by the wicketkeeper. Yet, towards the conclusion of his spell, he bowled a change of pace to the batsman and immediately felt at his leg. The English bowler was recalled for the Boxing Day Test having missed of the third.