Fast bowler Gus Atkinson Adds to the English team's Fitness Concerns.

'Significant concern' for the English camp as Atkinson is forced off with a hamstring injury.

Gus Atkinson further complicated England's injury problems upon exiting the playing area on the second morning of the fourth Ashes Test in the Ashes series.

The right-arm seamer experienced discomfort in his left hamstring post-delivery in his spell at the MCG.

Team management reported the 27-year-old had experienced "tightness" and was to take time on the sidelines to undergo evaluation "during the day".

The series decider in this Ashes battle at the SCG gets underway at the end of the week.

The English side has previously lost fast bowlers one seamer with a knee problem and Jofra Archer because of a side injury on this Ashes tour.

A replacement bowler was added to the party as cover for Wood.

Atkinson struggled during the first two matches, claiming a mere three wickets.

He was omitted of the third Test, only to be brought back for the Melbourne Test in the playing XI.

The county bowler improved at the MCG, bagging two scalps in Australia's first innings, and scoring 28 runs while batting being one of only three England players to get into double digits.

Post a single over in Australia's second innings, he resumed for the second day's play and had nightwatchman Scott Boland caught behind.

Yet, on the final ball of the fifth over, he bowled a slower ball to the batsman and suddenly grabbed his left hamstring.

Atkinson was recalled for the Melbourne match having missed the Adelaide game.

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