Seamer Atkinson Exacerbates the English team's Fitness Concerns.
'Significant concern' for the English camp after Atkinson is forced off with a hamstring injury.
Gus Atkinson added to the fitness woes of the England squad when he left the field on the second morning in the Melbourne Test versus the Australians.
The pace bowler experienced discomfort in his hamstring post-delivery in his spell on Saturday.
The England team indicated Atkinson reported "discomfort" and was to take time away from the action to undergo evaluation "during the day".
The concluding match in this Ashes battle in Sydney gets underway on Sunday, 4 January.
The visitors have previously lost fast bowlers one seamer with a knee problem and another paceman to a side strain on the current trip.
A replacement bowler was added to the party as cover for Wood.
Atkinson struggled in the opening two Tests, taking just three wickets.
He was left out for the Adelaide match, then recalled for the Boxing Day match in the playing XI.
Atkinson improved at the MCG, bagging two scalps with the ball, then making 28 as a batsman among just a trio of English batsmen to get into double digits.
Following a brief spell at the end of day one, he resumed the next day and removed Scott Boland edging to the keeper.
Unfortunately, on the final ball of that over, he delivered a change of pace to the batsman and immediately felt at his leg.
Atkinson was brought back for the Boxing Day Test having missed of the third.
