Fast bowler Gus Atkinson Compounds England's Fitness Worries.

The pace bowler increased the injury concerns plaguing England after leaving the field during Saturday's play in the Melbourne Test versus the Australians.

Atkinson felt a problem in his hamstring after the final ball in his spell at the MCG.

The England team stated the 27-year-old felt some "soreness" and would spend time away from the action for further assessment "over the next few hours".

The concluding match in this Ashes battle beginning on 4 January starts at the end of the week.

The visitors have been without strike bowlers one seamer to a knee injury and Jofra Archer to a side strain on this Ashes tour.

Matthew Fisher was brought into the squad as cover for Wood.

Atkinson struggled during the first two matches, managing only a handful of scalps.

He was omitted from the previous Test, before being recalled for the Boxing Day match in the playing XI.

Surrey's Atkinson performed better in the fourth Test, taking two wickets with the ball, and scoring 28 runs as a batsman among just a trio of England players who passed ten runs.

After bowling one over in Australia's second innings, he came back the next day and dismissed the nightwatchman taken by the wicketkeeper.

However, on the final ball of that over, he bowled a variation to the batsman and promptly felt for his hamstring.