Fast bowler Gus Atkinson Compounds England's Injury Problems.
'Significant concern' for the English camp as Atkinson goes off with a hamstring injury.
The pace bowler added to the fitness woes of the England squad when he left the playing area on the second morning of the fourth Ashes Test in the Ashes series.
The right-arm seamer pulled up with his hamstring immediately following a delivery of the fourth over at the MCG.
The England team indicated Atkinson felt some "soreness" and would spend time away from the action in order to be assessed "in the coming hours".
The final Test of the tour in Sydney starts at the end of the week.
The English side has already lost strike bowlers Mark Wood due to knee trouble and another paceman with an abdominal strain on this Ashes tour.
A replacement bowler was brought into the squad to provide backup.
His form was underwhelming in the opening two Tests, claiming a mere three wickets.
He was dropped from the previous Test, before being recalled for the Boxing Day match in the playing XI.
Atkinson performed better in the fourth Test, claiming a couple of wickets during the host's first knock, before adding 28 while batting as one of just three English batsmen who passed ten runs.
Post a single over at the end of day one, he returned the next day and removed Scott Boland Scott Boland caught behind.
Yet, at the end of the fifth over, he bowled a slower ball to Travis Head and immediately felt for his hamstring.
Gus Atkinson was recalled for the Boxing Day Test after being left out the Adelaide game.
