Fast bowler Atkinson Compounds the English team's Injury Problems.
'Serious blow' for England as Atkinson goes off with a hamstring injury.
Gus Atkinson added to the fitness woes of the England squad after leaving the field early on day two of the Boxing Day Test versus the Australians.
The right-arm seamer experienced discomfort in his left leg after the final ball that he bowled at the MCG.
The England team reported the 27-year-old had experienced "tightness" and would spend time off the field for further assessment "over the next few hours".
The series decider in this Ashes battle beginning on 4 January starts on Sunday, 4 January.
The English side has already lost fast bowlers one seamer to a knee injury and Jofra Archer to a side strain on this Ashes tour.
Matthew Fisher was added to the party as injury reinforcement.
The seamer had a tough time in the opening two Tests, taking just three wickets.
He was dropped for the Adelaide match, then recalled for the Melbourne Test as Archer's replacement.
Atkinson showed better form in Melbourne, bagging two scalps during the host's first knock, then making 28 with the bat among just a trio of England players to get into double digits.
After bowling one over late on the first day, he resumed the next day and had nightwatchman taken by the wicketkeeper.
Unfortunately, towards the conclusion of that over, he bowled a change of pace to Travis Head and promptly felt for his hamstring.
The English bowler was brought back for the fourth Ashes Test after being left out of the third.
