Seamer Atkinson Compounds the English team's Injury Worries.
'Significant concern' for the touring side as Atkinson leaves the field with a hamstring injury.
Gus Atkinson increased the injury concerns plaguing England when he left the field on the second morning in the Melbourne Test against Australia.
The right-arm seamer experienced discomfort in his left leg immediately following a delivery in his spell on Saturday.
The touring camp indicated the 27-year-old felt some "soreness" and required time on the sidelines in order to be assessed "over the next few hours".
The series decider of the tour at the SCG starts on Sunday, 4 January.
The English side has previously lost strike bowlers Mark Wood to a knee injury 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 in the opening two Tests, managing only a handful of scalps.
He was dropped for the Adelaide match, before being recalled for the Melbourne Test to fill the void.
The county bowler showed better form in Melbourne, taking two wickets in Australia's first innings, before adding 28 while batting as one of just three English batsmen who passed ten runs.
Following a brief spell late on the first day, he returned on Saturday morning and removed Scott Boland taken by the wicketkeeper.
Yet, on the final ball of that over, he delivered a change of pace to Travis Head and promptly felt his left hamstring.
Gus Atkinson was brought back for the Melbourne match following his omission the previous Test.
