🔗 Share this article Paceman Gus Atkinson Adds to the English team's Fitness Concerns. 'Serious blow' for the English camp after Atkinson leaves the field with a hamstring injury. Gus Atkinson added to the fitness woes of the England squad upon exiting the field on the second morning in the Melbourne Test versus the Australians. The pace bowler pulled up with his hamstring after the final ball that he bowled at the MCG. Team management reported the 27-year-old reported "discomfort" and required time on the sidelines for further assessment "in the coming hours". The final Test of the tour in Sydney gets underway this coming Sunday. The English side has previously lost fast bowlers Mark Wood due to knee trouble and Jofra Archer because of a side injury on the current trip. A replacement bowler was brought into the squad as cover for Wood. The seamer had a tough time early in the series, managing only a handful of scalps. He was dropped of the third Test, before being recalled for the fourth Test in the playing XI. Surrey's Atkinson showed better form in Melbourne, taking two wickets in Australia's first innings, then making 28 with the bat as one of just three English batsmen to get into double digits. Post a single over at the end of day one, he resumed on Saturday morning and dismissed the nightwatchman taken by the wicketkeeper. Unfortunately, towards the conclusion of the fifth over, he sent down a change of pace to the batsman and suddenly grabbed at his leg. Gus Atkinson was recalled for the Boxing Day Test following his omission of the third.