🔗 Share this article Seamer Gus Atkinson Adds to the English team's Fitness Concerns. 'Serious blow' for England after Atkinson goes off due to a hamstring issue. The pace bowler added to the fitness woes of the England squad after leaving the ground during Saturday's play in the Melbourne Test against Australia. The pace bowler felt a problem in his hamstring post-delivery of the fourth over on Saturday. The England team reported Atkinson reported "discomfort" and required time away from the action in order to be assessed "in the coming hours". The concluding match in this Ashes battle in Sydney starts this coming Sunday. The visitors have been without fast bowlers one seamer with a knee problem and Jofra Archer to a side strain on the current trip. A replacement bowler was added to the party to provide backup. His form was underwhelming early in the series, managing only a handful of scalps. He was left out for the Adelaide match, before being recalled for the Boxing Day match as Archer's replacement. The county bowler performed better in the fourth Test, bagging two scalps during the host's first knock, then making 28 while batting among just a trio of teammates to get into double digits. Post a single over late on the first day, he returned on Saturday morning and dismissed the nightwatchman edging to the keeper. Unfortunately, towards the conclusion of that over, he bowled a variation to the batsman and promptly felt for his hamstring. Gus Atkinson returned to the side for the fourth Ashes Test having missed the previous Test.