🔗 Share this article Fast bowler Atkinson Compounds the English team's Injury Problems. 'Serious blow' for England after Atkinson goes off due to a hamstring issue. The English seamer further complicated the fitness woes of the England squad when he left the field during Saturday's play in the Melbourne Test versus the Australians. Atkinson pulled up with his hamstring after the final ball in his spell during the morning session. The England team reported Atkinson reported "discomfort" and would spend time away from the action for further assessment "during the day". The final Test of the series at the SCG starts this coming Sunday. The English side has already lost strike bowlers one seamer with a knee problem and another paceman to a side strain during this series. A replacement bowler was added to the party as injury reinforcement. His form was underwhelming early in the series, claiming a mere three wickets. He was left out from the previous Test, then recalled for the Melbourne Test in the playing XI. Atkinson performed better in the fourth Test, claiming a couple of wickets with the ball, and scoring 28 runs as a batsman as one of just three English batsmen who passed ten runs. Post a single over in Australia's second innings, he resumed on Saturday morning and removed Scott Boland Scott Boland caught behind. However, towards the conclusion of the fifth over, he sent down a variation to the batsman and promptly felt at his leg. The English bowler was brought back for the fourth Ashes Test having missed of the third.