Fast bowler Gus Atkinson Exacerbates the English team's Injury Concerns.
'Serious blow' for England after Atkinson leaves the field due to a hamstring issue.
The English seamer further complicated England's injury problems upon exiting the playing area on the second morning in the Melbourne Test versus the Australians.
Atkinson pulled up with his hamstring immediately following a delivery of the fourth over at the MCG.
The touring camp stated the 27-year-old had experienced "tightness" and was to take 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 begins this coming Sunday.
England have already lost fast bowlers one seamer with a knee problem and Jofra Archer with an abdominal strain on this Ashes tour.
A replacement bowler was added to the party as cover for Wood.
His form was underwhelming early in the series, managing only three wickets.
He was dropped from the previous Test, only to be brought back for the Boxing Day match as Archer's replacement.
Surrey's Atkinson performed better in the fourth Test, bagging two scalps with the ball, and scoring 28 runs as a batsman being one of only three England players who passed ten runs.
Post a single over late on the first day, he resumed for the second day's play and dismissed the nightwatchman edging to the keeper.
However, at the end of the fifth over, he sent down a change of pace to the batsman and suddenly grabbed for his hamstring.
Atkinson returned to the side for the fourth Ashes Test following his omission of the third.
