Paceman Gus Atkinson Exacerbates England's Fitness Problems.
'Significant concern' for the English camp after Atkinson leaves the field with a hamstring injury.
The English seamer further complicated the injury concerns plaguing England upon exiting the playing area early on day two in the Melbourne Test versus the Australians.
Atkinson experienced discomfort in his hamstring post-delivery that he bowled on Saturday.
Team management indicated the 27-year-old had experienced "tightness" and would spend time away from the action in order to be assessed "in the coming hours".
The concluding match in this Ashes battle beginning on 4 January starts at the end of the week.
England have previously lost strike bowlers Mark Wood with a knee problem and Jofra Archer with an abdominal strain on the current trip.
A replacement bowler was called up to provide backup.
His form was underwhelming early in the series, managing only a handful of scalps.
He was left out of the third Test, before being recalled for the Boxing Day match in the playing XI.
The county bowler improved at the MCG, bagging two scalps with the ball, and scoring 28 runs with the bat among just a trio of English batsmen who passed ten runs.
Following a brief spell at the end of day one, he resumed on Saturday morning and dismissed the nightwatchman taken by the wicketkeeper.
Yet, at the end of that over, he delivered a slower ball to the batsman and immediately felt for his hamstring.
Atkinson returned to the side for the fourth Ashes Test having missed of the third.
