Seamer Gus Atkinson Exacerbates the English team's Injury Problems.
'Major setback' for the English camp after Atkinson is forced off suffering a hamstring problem.
Gus Atkinson added to the injury concerns plaguing England when he left the field during Saturday's play of the Boxing Day Test in the Ashes series.
The pace bowler experienced discomfort in his left leg immediately following a delivery in his spell on Saturday.
Team management reported Atkinson had experienced "tightness" and required time off the field in order to be assessed "during the day".
The concluding match in this Ashes battle at the SCG gets underway on Sunday, 4 January.
The visitors have already lost strike bowlers Mark Wood with a knee problem and another paceman to a side strain on the current trip.
Matthew Fisher was added to the party as injury reinforcement.
His form was underwhelming during the first two matches, managing only a handful of scalps.
He was left out for the Adelaide match, only to be brought back for the Boxing Day match in the playing XI.
The county bowler improved at the MCG, taking two wickets in Australia's first innings, and scoring 28 runs while batting being one of only three teammates who passed ten runs.
Following a brief spell at the end of day one, he returned for the second day's play and removed Scott Boland edging to the keeper.
Yet, at the end of that over, he delivered a slower ball to Travis Head and promptly felt his left hamstring.
Atkinson returned to the side for the Boxing Day Test having missed the previous Test.
