Seamer Gus Atkinson Adds to the English team's Injury Problems.

'Serious blow' for the touring side as Atkinson goes off with a hamstring injury.

The pace bowler added to the injury concerns plaguing England when he left the playing area early on day two of the Boxing Day Test versus the Australians.

The pace bowler pulled up with his hamstring after the final ball in his spell at the MCG.

The touring camp stated the 27-year-old reported "discomfort" and required time on the sidelines in order to be assessed "during the day".

The concluding match in this Ashes battle at the SCG begins at the end of the week.

The English side has been without strike bowlers one seamer due to knee trouble and Jofra Archer to a side strain on the current trip.

Matthew Fisher was added to the party as cover for Wood.

Atkinson struggled early in the series, taking just a handful of scalps.

He was left out for the Adelaide match, before being recalled for the Boxing Day match in the playing XI.

Atkinson showed better form in Melbourne, taking two wickets with the ball, before adding 28 with the bat being one of only three England players to get into double digits.

After bowling one over late on the first day, he resumed on Saturday morning and removed Scott Boland Scott Boland caught behind.

Unfortunately, on the final ball of that over, he sent down a change of pace to the batsman and immediately felt his left hamstring.