Seamer Gus Atkinson Exacerbates the English team's Injury Worries.
'Serious blow' for the touring side as Atkinson goes off suffering a hamstring problem.
The pace bowler increased the injury concerns plaguing England after leaving the playing area during Saturday's play in the Melbourne Test against Australia.
Atkinson experienced discomfort in his hamstring immediately following a delivery that he bowled on Saturday.
Team management indicated Atkinson had experienced "tightness" and was to take time off the field to undergo evaluation "in the coming hours".
The series decider of the series at the SCG starts this coming Sunday.
The English side has been without key quicks one seamer to a knee injury and Jofra Archer with an abdominal strain on the current trip.
Matthew Fisher was called up as injury reinforcement.
His form was underwhelming early in the series, managing only a handful of scalps.
He was dropped of the third Test, only to be brought back for the fourth Test to fill the void.
Surrey's Atkinson performed better in the fourth Test, taking two wickets with the ball, then making 28 with the bat as one of just three English batsmen who passed ten runs.
Following a brief spell late on the first day, he returned the next day and dismissed the nightwatchman edging to the keeper.
Unfortunately, on the final ball of that over, he delivered a change of pace to the batsman and suddenly grabbed at his leg.
Atkinson was brought back for the Boxing Day Test following his omission the Adelaide game.
