🔗 Share this article Fast bowler Atkinson Adds to England's Injury Worries. 'Significant concern' for the English camp as Atkinson leaves the field suffering a hamstring problem. Gus Atkinson further complicated the injury concerns plaguing England when he left the field on the second morning in the Melbourne Test in the Ashes series. The pace bowler pulled up with his hamstring after the final ball in his spell during the morning session. The England team stated the 27-year-old had experienced "tightness" and required time away from the action in order to be assessed "over the next few hours". The final Test of the tour in Sydney starts on Sunday, 4 January. England have already lost key quicks one seamer to a knee injury and Jofra Archer with an abdominal strain on the current trip. Matthew Fisher was brought into the squad as cover for Wood. The seamer had a tough time early in the series, claiming a mere a handful of scalps. He was omitted of the third Test, then recalled for the Boxing Day match as Archer's replacement. The county bowler improved at the MCG, bagging two scalps with the ball, before adding 28 as a batsman being one of only three England players who passed ten runs. After bowling one over late on the first day, he resumed the next day and removed Scott Boland taken by the wicketkeeper. Unfortunately, towards the conclusion of that over, he delivered a slower ball to Travis Head and suddenly grabbed at his leg. The English bowler was brought back for the Melbourne match following his omission the previous Test.