31 -year -old Overton has played only one first -class match since May, partly because he faced an injured finger for England in a day -long international against the West Indies in the same month.
Atkinson enjoyed a stellar debut year in Test cricket in 2024, claiming 52 wickets, but tolerated a disappointing heat.
The 27-year-old injured her hamstring in a united test against Zimbabwe and has no longer played any first class cricket in more than two months.
Atkinson played an amateur game for the club side Spencer two weeks before and took a fitness exam in Old Trafford two days before the fourth Test.
England considered him a high risk, so he was released to Surrey, for whom he played in the second XI last week.
The 27 -year -old Tongs, played in the first two tests of the series against India, took 11 wickets.
He remains in the entire England squad, then released in Hampshire last week to play in the last two days of Nottinghamshire’s County Championship match.
