Seamer Atkinson Exacerbates the English team's Fitness Worries.
'Serious blow' for the English camp after Atkinson leaves the field due to a hamstring issue.
Gus Atkinson further complicated the fitness woes of the England squad upon exiting the playing area on the second morning of the Boxing Day Test against Australia.
Atkinson experienced discomfort in his left leg post-delivery of the fourth over on Saturday.
Team management reported Atkinson reported "discomfort" and was to take time off the field for further assessment "over the next few hours".
The final Test of the tour in Sydney begins at the end of the week.
The English side has been without strike bowlers one seamer with a knee problem and another paceman because of a side injury on the current trip.
Matthew Fisher was brought into the squad to provide backup.
The seamer had a tough time in the opening two Tests, taking just a handful of scalps.
He was dropped from the previous Test, then recalled for the Boxing Day match in the playing XI.
The county bowler showed better form in Melbourne, bagging two scalps during the host's first knock, then making 28 as a batsman as one of just three teammates to get into double digits.
Post a single over late on the first day, he came back the next day and had nightwatchman taken by the wicketkeeper.
Yet, on the final ball of that over, he delivered a change of pace to Travis Head and immediately felt his left hamstring.
The English bowler was recalled for the Boxing Day Test after being left out the previous Test.
