Fast bowler Atkinson Exacerbates the English team's Injury Concerns.
'Major setback' for the English camp after Atkinson leaves the field due to a hamstring issue.
The pace bowler increased the fitness woes of the England squad after leaving the field on the second morning in the Melbourne Test versus the Australians.
Atkinson felt a problem in his left hamstring immediately following a delivery in his spell at the MCG.
Team management stated Atkinson felt some "soreness" and was to take time on the sidelines for further assessment "during the day".
The final Test in this Ashes battle beginning on 4 January gets underway this coming Sunday.
The English side has been without strike bowlers one seamer due to knee trouble and Jofra Archer to a side strain on the current trip.
A replacement bowler was brought into the squad as injury reinforcement.
His form was underwhelming early in the series, taking just three wickets.
He was left out of the third Test, before being recalled for the Melbourne Test to fill the void.
Surrey's Atkinson showed better form in Melbourne, bagging two scalps with the ball, 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 on Saturday morning and removed Scott Boland edging to the keeper.
Unfortunately, at the end of the fifth over, he delivered a variation to the batsman and suddenly grabbed for his hamstring.
Atkinson was brought back for the fourth Ashes Test after being left out of the third.
