Fast bowler Gus Atkinson Exacerbates the English team's Fitness Concerns.
'Significant concern' for the touring side as Atkinson goes off due to a hamstring issue.
The English seamer added to the fitness woes of the England squad upon exiting the playing area early on day two of the Boxing Day Test versus the Australians.
Atkinson pulled up with his left leg post-delivery of the fourth over on Saturday.
The touring camp indicated Atkinson felt some "soreness" and was to take time off the field in order to be assessed "in the coming hours".
The final Test of the tour in Sydney begins this coming Sunday.
The visitors have previously lost key quicks one seamer to a knee injury and Jofra Archer with an abdominal strain during this series.
Matthew Fisher was called up as injury reinforcement.
Atkinson struggled early in the series, claiming a mere three wickets.
He was dropped from the previous Test, then recalled for the Boxing Day match to fill the void.
Surrey's Atkinson showed better form in Melbourne, bagging two scalps with the ball, then making 28 with the bat being one of only three English batsmen to reach double figures.
Post a single over in Australia's second innings, he came back on Saturday morning and removed Scott Boland taken by the wicketkeeper.
Yet, towards the conclusion of that over, he bowled a variation to the batsman and promptly felt his left hamstring.
The English bowler was recalled for the Melbourne match after being left out of the third.
