Fast bowler Gus Atkinson Compounds the English team's Fitness Concerns.
'Major setback' for England as Atkinson leaves the field suffering a hamstring problem.
The English seamer added to the injury concerns plaguing England upon exiting the ground during Saturday's play in the Melbourne Test in the Ashes series.
Atkinson felt a problem in his left leg after the final ball that he bowled on Saturday.
Team management reported the 27-year-old felt some "soreness" and required time on the sidelines in order to be assessed "in the coming hours".
The series decider in this Ashes battle beginning on 4 January begins this coming Sunday.
England have previously lost strike bowlers Mark Wood due to knee trouble and another paceman with an abdominal strain on this Ashes tour.
A replacement bowler was added to the party as injury reinforcement.
Atkinson struggled early in the series, taking just three wickets.
He was left out of the third Test, before being recalled for the fourth Test to fill the void.
Surrey's Atkinson showed better form in Melbourne, taking two wickets during the host's first knock, before adding 28 with the bat as one of just three teammates who passed ten runs.
After bowling one over late on the first day, he resumed for the second day's play and dismissed the nightwatchman taken by the wicketkeeper.
However, at the end of his spell, he delivered a change of pace to the batsman and promptly felt his left hamstring.
The English bowler was recalled for the Melbourne match following his omission of the third.
