County Championship: Gus Atkinson fails concussion test after facing England team-mate Josh Tongue's bouncer barrage

Gus Atkinson failed a concussion test and was substituted out of Surrey's clash with county champions Nottinghamshire after bearing the brunt of England team-mate Josh Tongue's bouncer barrage.

Both fast bowlers are likely to be selected for England's first Test of the summer against New Zealand next month but Tongue might have inadvertently harmed Atkinson's chances at Trent Bridge.

A couple of spiteful bouncers from Tongue reared up and thudded into the helmet of Atkinson, who batted on for nearly an hour before leaving the field and being replaced in Surrey's line-up by Reece Topley.

Under concussion rules, Atkinson is disqualified from Surrey's trip to Yorkshire, beginning on Friday, which would have been his last chance to get some red-ball form ahead of linking up with England.

Tongue finished with four for 89 but Dan Lawrence's 104 underpinned Surrey's 449 and a first-innings lead of 34, which was wiped out as the hosts closed on 99 for one, with Ben Duckett unbeaten on 35.