🔗 Share this article Fast bowler Atkinson Adds to England's Fitness Concerns. 'Serious blow' for the touring side after Atkinson leaves the field with a hamstring injury. The pace bowler added to England's injury problems after leaving the field during Saturday's play of the fourth Ashes Test in the Ashes series. Atkinson experienced discomfort in his left hamstring after the final ball of the fourth over on Saturday. Team management indicated the 27-year-old had experienced "tightness" and required time off the field to undergo evaluation "in the coming hours". The concluding match of the tour in Sydney gets underway at the end of the week. The English side has already lost fast bowlers one seamer due to knee trouble 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 Boxing Day match to fill the void. Atkinson improved at the MCG, claiming a couple of wickets during the host's first knock, and scoring 28 runs as a batsman being one of only three England players who passed ten runs. Following a brief spell in Australia's second innings, he resumed the next day and removed Scott Boland taken by the wicketkeeper. Unfortunately, towards the conclusion of his spell, he delivered a change of pace to the batsman and immediately felt for his hamstring. Gus Atkinson returned to the side for the Boxing Day Test after being left out of the third.