Seamer Gus Atkinson Compounds England's Injury Worries.
'Major setback' for the touring side after Atkinson leaves the field due to a hamstring issue.
The pace bowler further complicated the injury concerns plaguing England when he left the ground during Saturday's play of the Boxing Day Test in the Ashes series.
The pace bowler experienced discomfort in his hamstring after the final ball in his spell on Saturday.
Team management stated Atkinson felt some "soreness" and required time away from the action in order to be assessed "during the day".
The series decider of the tour beginning on 4 January gets underway at the end of the week.
The English side has been without strike bowlers one seamer with a knee problem and Jofra Archer with an abdominal strain during this series.
Matthew Fisher was added to the party as injury reinforcement.
Atkinson struggled in the opening two Tests, claiming a mere a handful of scalps.
He was dropped from the previous Test, then recalled for the fourth Test as Archer's replacement.
The county bowler improved at the MCG, taking two wickets in Australia's first innings, before adding 28 with the bat as one of just three English batsmen to get into double digits.
Post a single over in Australia's second innings, he came back on Saturday morning and dismissed the nightwatchman Scott Boland caught behind.
Unfortunately, towards the conclusion of the fifth over, he bowled a slower ball to the batsman and promptly felt for his hamstring.
Gus Atkinson was recalled for the fourth Ashes Test following his omission of the third.
