🔗 Share this article Paceman Atkinson Adds to the English team's Injury Concerns. 'Significant concern' for the touring side after Atkinson is forced off due to a hamstring issue. Gus Atkinson further complicated the fitness woes of the England squad after leaving the field on the second morning in the Melbourne Test in the Ashes series. Atkinson felt a problem in his hamstring post-delivery in his spell at the MCG. The England team stated the 27-year-old reported "discomfort" and required time away from the action for further assessment "over the next few hours". The final Test of the tour in Sydney gets underway at the end of the week. The English side has previously lost strike bowlers one seamer with a knee problem and Jofra Archer with an abdominal strain on the current trip. A replacement bowler was called up as cover for Wood. His form was underwhelming early in the series, claiming a mere three wickets. He was left out from the previous Test, then recalled for the fourth Test as Archer's replacement. The county bowler performed better in the fourth Test, taking two wickets in Australia's first innings, and scoring 28 runs while batting as one of just three England players to reach double figures. Following a brief spell at the end of day one, he came back on Saturday morning and removed Scott Boland taken by the wicketkeeper. Unfortunately, at the end of the fifth over, he delivered a slower ball to the batsman and suddenly grabbed at his leg. Gus Atkinson was brought back for the Melbourne match following his omission the Adelaide game.