Seamer Gus Atkinson Exacerbates England's Fitness Worries.
'Significant concern' for the English camp as Atkinson is forced off suffering a hamstring problem.
The pace bowler further complicated England's injury problems after leaving the field on the second morning of the Boxing Day Test against Australia.
Atkinson pulled up with his hamstring after the final ball of the fourth over at the MCG.
Team management reported Atkinson felt some "soreness" and required time away from the action for further assessment "in the coming hours".
The series decider of the series at the SCG begins on Sunday, 4 January.
England have already lost strike bowlers one seamer with a knee problem and Jofra Archer because of a side injury during this series.
Matthew Fisher was called up as injury reinforcement.
Atkinson struggled during the first two matches, managing only a handful of scalps.
He was omitted of the third Test, then recalled for the fourth Test as Archer's replacement.
The county bowler improved at the MCG, bagging two scalps in Australia's first innings, then making 28 with the bat among just a trio of teammates to get into double digits.
Following a brief spell at the end of day one, he came back for the second day's play and dismissed the nightwatchman taken by the wicketkeeper.
Yet, towards the conclusion of his spell, he delivered a variation to the batsman and suddenly grabbed his left hamstring.
The English bowler was recalled for the fourth Ashes Test after being left out of the third.
