Seamer Atkinson Exacerbates the English team's Injury Concerns.
'Major setback' for the English camp as Atkinson leaves the field suffering a hamstring problem.
The English seamer further complicated the injury concerns plaguing England when he left the playing area early on day two of the Boxing Day Test in the Ashes series.
Atkinson felt a problem in his left leg post-delivery in his spell during the morning session.
Team management indicated the 27-year-old had experienced "tightness" and would spend time on the sidelines in order to be assessed "over the next few hours".
The concluding match of the tour beginning on 4 January starts at the end of the week.
The visitors have already lost key quicks one seamer to a knee injury and Jofra Archer with an abdominal strain during this series.
A replacement bowler was added to the party to provide backup.
Atkinson struggled in the opening two Tests, taking just a handful of scalps.
He was left out for the Adelaide match, only to be brought back for the Boxing Day match in the playing XI.
The county bowler performed better in the fourth Test, claiming a couple of wickets in Australia's first innings, before adding 28 as a batsman as one of just three England players to get into double digits.
Following a brief spell late on the first day, he came back the next day and removed Scott Boland edging to the keeper.
However, on the final ball of the fifth over, he bowled a slower ball to the batsman and promptly felt his left hamstring.
Gus Atkinson was recalled for the fourth Ashes Test having missed of the third.
