🔗 Share this article Paceman Atkinson Compounds the English team's Injury Problems. 'Significant concern' for the touring side as Atkinson leaves the field suffering a hamstring problem. The English seamer added to England's injury problems when he left the ground during Saturday's play in the Melbourne Test against Australia. Atkinson experienced discomfort in his hamstring after the final ball of the fourth over during the morning session. Team management reported the 27-year-old felt some "soreness" and would spend time away from the action for further assessment "during the day". The final Test in this Ashes battle beginning on 4 January begins on Sunday, 4 January. The visitors have been without fast bowlers Mark Wood with a knee problem and Jofra Archer with an abdominal strain during this series. A replacement bowler was brought into the squad to provide backup. The seamer had a tough time early in the series, managing only a handful of scalps. He was left out of the third Test, only to be brought back for the fourth Test to fill the void. Atkinson improved at the MCG, claiming a couple of wickets in Australia's first innings, and scoring 28 runs as a batsman as one of just three English batsmen to reach double figures. Post a single over late on the first day, he returned on Saturday morning and had nightwatchman edging to the keeper. Unfortunately, towards the conclusion of his spell, he bowled a change of pace to the batsman and immediately felt at his leg. Gus Atkinson returned to the side for the Boxing Day Test following his omission of the third.