Paceman Gus Atkinson Compounds the English team's Fitness Concerns.

'Major setback' for the English camp as Atkinson leaves the field suffering a hamstring problem.

The English seamer further complicated the fitness woes of the England squad when he left the field during Saturday's play of the Boxing Day Test against Australia.

Atkinson felt a problem in his hamstring immediately following a delivery in his spell on Saturday.

The England team reported Atkinson felt some "soreness" and was to take time off the field in order to be assessed "in the coming hours".

The series decider of the tour at the SCG begins this coming Sunday.

The English side has been without key quicks one seamer to a knee injury and Jofra Archer to a side strain on this Ashes tour.

A replacement bowler was brought into the squad as cover for Wood.

Atkinson struggled early in the series, claiming a mere three wickets.

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

The county bowler performed better in the fourth Test, bagging two scalps during the host's first knock, and scoring 28 runs with the bat as one of just three English batsmen to reach double figures.

Following a brief spell in Australia's second innings, he returned on Saturday morning and dismissed the nightwatchman taken by the wicketkeeper.

Unfortunately, at the end of that over, he sent down a variation to the batsman and suddenly grabbed at his leg.