🔗 Share this article Fast bowler Atkinson Adds to the English team's Injury Worries. 'Serious blow' for the touring side after Atkinson goes off suffering a hamstring problem. The English seamer increased the injury concerns plaguing England upon exiting the field on the second morning of the Boxing Day Test against Australia. Atkinson experienced discomfort in his left hamstring immediately following a delivery in his spell on Saturday. The touring camp indicated Atkinson had experienced "tightness" and was to take time on the sidelines in order to be assessed "during the day". The concluding match in this Ashes battle beginning on 4 January begins on Sunday, 4 January. The visitors have previously lost fast bowlers one seamer with a knee problem and Jofra Archer because of a side injury on this Ashes tour. Matthew Fisher was brought into the squad to provide backup. His form was underwhelming in the opening two Tests, claiming a mere a handful of scalps. He was left out from the previous Test, only to be brought back for the fourth Test in the playing XI. The county bowler showed better form in Melbourne, bagging two scalps during the host's first knock, then making 28 with the bat being one of only three England players to reach double figures. Post a single over late on the first day, he came back the next day and had nightwatchman Scott Boland caught behind. However, at the end of the fifth over, he bowled a change of pace to the batsman and promptly felt for his hamstring. Gus Atkinson was recalled for the fourth Ashes Test having missed the Adelaide game.