Paceman Gus Atkinson Compounds the English team's Injury Worries.
'Major setback' for the English camp as Atkinson goes off with a hamstring injury.
Gus Atkinson further complicated the injury concerns plaguing England when he left the playing area on the second morning of the fourth Ashes Test in the Ashes series.
The pace bowler pulled up with his hamstring after the final ball of the fourth over at the MCG.
The touring camp stated the 27-year-old had experienced "tightness" and was to take time away from the action to undergo evaluation "during the day".
The concluding match in this Ashes battle beginning on 4 January begins at the end of the week.
The English side has already lost key quicks Mark Wood with a knee problem and Jofra Archer with an abdominal strain on the current trip.
A replacement bowler was brought into the squad as injury reinforcement.
His form was underwhelming early in the series, managing only a handful of scalps.
He was left out for the Adelaide match, only to be brought back for the fourth Test to fill the void.
The county bowler improved at the MCG, taking two wickets in Australia's first innings, and scoring 28 runs while batting among just a trio of England players to get into double digits.
Post a single over at the end of day one, he came back on Saturday morning and dismissed the nightwatchman edging to the keeper.
Unfortunately, at the end of the fifth over, he delivered a variation to the batsman and suddenly grabbed for his hamstring.
Atkinson returned to the side for the Boxing Day Test having missed of the third.
