England’s fast bowler Gus Atkinson has been ruled out of the last Ashes test against Australia. He had to be out of the Ashes due to hamstring injury. With this, one more bowler of England has been reduced in the series. Before Atkinson, Joffra Archer and Mark Wood also had to be out of the Ashes series. The last Test of the Ashes series is to be played in Sydney, where England will have to go without its three key bowlers.
Gus Atkinson injured, out of series
Gus Atkinson was part of the England team in the Boxing Day Test played in Melbourne. England won that Test match which ended in 2 days, in which Gus Atkinson took 2 wickets in the first innings and 1 wicket in the second innings. After the same test, a scan of Gus Atkinson’s left hamstring was done, in which the injury was revealed. Gus Atkinson’s injury will be further examined upon his return home. For now, he has been kept out of the last Test to be held in Sydney.
England’s problems increased due to Atkinson’s exclusion
This was Gus Atkinson’s first Ashes series, in which he took 6 wickets at an average of 47.33. With Atkinson out, the problem of pace attack facing England has deepened a bit. The entire responsibility of pace attack in the last test will now be on the shoulders of Josh Tongue and Brayden Carse.
Third pacer of England to be out of Ashes
Gus Atkinson is the third fast bowler of England to be ruled out of the Ashes series due to injury. Before him, Mark Wood had a knee problem and he had to be ruled out of the Ashes series after the first Test itself. Joffra Archer also had to be ruled out of the Ashes series after playing the first 3 Tests due to side strain.
