Seamer Atkinson Exacerbates the English team's Injury Worries.
'Major setback' for the English camp as Atkinson goes off suffering a hamstring problem.
Gus Atkinson increased the injury concerns plaguing England when he left the playing area early on day two of the fourth Ashes Test versus the Australians.
The pace bowler felt a problem in his hamstring immediately following a delivery in his spell at the MCG.
The England team indicated Atkinson reported "discomfort" and required time away from the action in order to be assessed "in the coming hours".
The concluding match of the tour in Sydney gets underway at the end of the week.
The English side has been without strike bowlers one seamer with a knee problem and Jofra Archer because of a side injury on this Ashes tour.
A replacement bowler was brought into the squad as cover for Wood.
The seamer had a tough time early in the series, managing only three wickets.
He was dropped for the Adelaide match, then recalled for the Boxing Day match in the playing XI.
Surrey's Atkinson showed better form in Melbourne, claiming a couple of wickets with the ball, before adding 28 as a batsman as one of just three English batsmen who passed ten runs.
Following a brief spell at the end of day one, he came back the next day and dismissed the nightwatchman taken by the wicketkeeper.
Unfortunately, at the end of his spell, he bowled a variation to the batsman and immediately felt at his leg.
Gus Atkinson was recalled for the Boxing Day Test after being left out the Adelaide game.
