Seamer Gus Atkinson Compounds England's Injury Worries.
'Serious blow' for the English camp as Atkinson leaves the field with a hamstring injury.
Gus Atkinson further complicated the fitness woes of the England squad after leaving the field during Saturday's play of the Boxing Day Test versus the Australians.
The right-arm seamer felt a problem in his left leg after the final ball that he bowled at the MCG.
The England team indicated the 27-year-old had experienced "tightness" and required time off the field in order to be assessed "in the coming hours".
The series decider of the series in Sydney gets underway this coming Sunday.
The English side has previously lost fast bowlers one seamer to a knee injury and another paceman because of a side injury during this series.
A replacement bowler was added to the party to provide backup.
Atkinson struggled in the opening two Tests, taking just three wickets.
He was dropped of the third Test, then recalled for the fourth Test as Archer's replacement.
Surrey's Atkinson improved at the MCG, bagging two scalps with the ball, then making 28 while batting as one of just three England players who passed ten runs.
Post a single over in Australia's second innings, he resumed for the second day's play and removed Scott Boland Scott Boland caught behind.
Yet, on the final ball of that over, he sent down a slower ball to Travis Head and immediately felt at his leg.
The English bowler returned to the side for the Melbourne match having missed the Adelaide game.
