Seamer Atkinson Exacerbates the English team's Fitness Worries.
'Major setback' for the touring side after Atkinson goes off suffering a hamstring problem.
Gus Atkinson further complicated the injury concerns plaguing England after leaving the ground early on day two of the Boxing Day Test in the Ashes series.
The pace bowler felt a problem in his hamstring immediately following a delivery in his spell at the MCG.
The England team indicated Atkinson felt some "soreness" and was to take time away from the action in order to be assessed "during the day".
The concluding match of the tour beginning on 4 January gets underway at the end of the week.
The visitors have already lost strike bowlers one seamer due to knee trouble and another paceman to a side strain on this Ashes tour.
A replacement bowler was brought into the squad to provide backup.
His form was underwhelming early in the series, claiming a mere a handful of scalps.
He was dropped for the Adelaide match, only to be brought back for the Boxing Day match as Archer's replacement.
The county bowler improved at the MCG, bagging two scalps with the ball, then making 28 with the bat among just a trio of English batsmen to reach double figures.
After bowling one over in Australia's second innings, he returned for the second day's play and removed Scott Boland Scott Boland caught behind.
However, towards the conclusion of the fifth over, he bowled a variation to Travis Head and promptly felt at his leg.
The English bowler was recalled for the Boxing Day Test having missed the Adelaide game.
