🔗 Share this article Seamer Atkinson Compounds the English team's Fitness Worries. 'Major setback' for the English camp as Atkinson leaves the field suffering a hamstring problem. Gus Atkinson added to the fitness woes of the England squad when he left the playing area early on day two in the Melbourne Test versus the Australians. Atkinson pulled up with his left leg post-delivery that he bowled during the morning session. Team management reported the 27-year-old had experienced "tightness" and would spend time away from the action to undergo evaluation "over the next few hours". The final Test in this Ashes battle in Sydney begins at the end of the week. The English side has already lost fast bowlers Mark Wood to a knee injury and another paceman because of a side injury on the current trip. A replacement bowler was called up as injury reinforcement. The seamer had a tough time during the first two matches, claiming a mere a handful of scalps. He was left out for the Adelaide match, only to be brought back for the fourth Test to fill the void. Surrey's 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. Following a brief spell at the end of day one, he resumed the next day and had nightwatchman taken by the wicketkeeper. Yet, at the end of the fifth over, he bowled a slower ball to Travis Head and suddenly grabbed for his hamstring. The English bowler was brought back for the Boxing Day Test after being left out the Adelaide game.