Seamer Atkinson Exacerbates the English team's Fitness Worries.

'Serious blow' for England after Atkinson leaves the field due to a hamstring issue.

Gus Atkinson added to the injury concerns plaguing England when he left the playing area on the second morning of the Boxing Day Test against Australia.

The right-arm seamer pulled up with his left leg after the final ball in his spell on Saturday.

The England team reported Atkinson felt some "soreness" and was to take time away from the action to undergo evaluation "during the day".

The concluding match of the series beginning on 4 January starts on Sunday, 4 January.

The visitors have been without fast bowlers one seamer with a knee problem and another paceman to a side strain on the current trip.

A replacement bowler was added to the party as cover for Wood.

The seamer had a tough time during the first two matches, managing only a handful of scalps.

He was dropped for the Adelaide match, before being recalled for the Boxing Day match in the playing XI.

Atkinson performed better in the fourth Test, bagging two scalps with the ball, then making 28 with the bat among just a trio of English batsmen to get into double digits.

After bowling one over in Australia's second innings, he came back the next day and removed Scott Boland edging to the keeper.

However, on the final ball of the fifth over, he delivered a slower ball to the batsman and promptly felt for his hamstring.

Gus Atkinson was recalled for the Boxing Day Test having missed the previous Test.

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