🔗 Share this article Seamer Gus Atkinson Compounds the English team's Injury Problems. 'Significant concern' for England as Atkinson is forced off suffering a hamstring problem. The pace bowler further complicated the injury concerns plaguing England when he left the playing area early on day two of the fourth Ashes Test versus the Australians. The pace bowler pulled up with his hamstring immediately following a delivery of the fourth over on Saturday. Team management reported Atkinson reported "discomfort" and was to take time off the field for further assessment "in the coming hours". The concluding match in this Ashes battle beginning on 4 January begins on Sunday, 4 January. England have already lost fast bowlers one seamer to a knee injury and Jofra Archer because of a side injury on this Ashes tour. A replacement bowler was brought into the squad to provide backup. Atkinson struggled during the first two matches, managing only a handful of scalps. He was left out of the third Test, before being recalled for the Boxing Day match as Archer's replacement. Surrey's Atkinson performed better in the fourth Test, claiming a couple of wickets in Australia's first innings, then making 28 with the bat among just a trio of teammates to get into double digits. Post a single over at the end of day one, he came back for the second day's play and removed Scott Boland taken by the wicketkeeper. Yet, towards the conclusion of his spell, he delivered a variation to Travis Head and immediately felt for his hamstring. The English bowler was recalled for the Boxing Day Test following his omission of the third.