Paceman Atkinson Adds to England's Injury Concerns.
'Major setback' for the English camp as Atkinson goes off due to a hamstring issue.
The English seamer added to the injury concerns plaguing England when he left the playing area early on day two in the Melbourne Test in the Ashes series.
The right-arm seamer pulled up with his left hamstring post-delivery of the fourth over on Saturday.
The England team indicated the 27-year-old had experienced "tightness" and required time on the sidelines to undergo evaluation "over the next few hours".
The concluding match of the series in Sydney gets underway on Sunday, 4 January.
The visitors have already lost strike bowlers one seamer due to knee trouble and another paceman because of a side injury on this Ashes tour.
A replacement bowler was brought into the squad as injury reinforcement.
The seamer had a tough time in the opening two Tests, managing only three wickets.
He was dropped of the third Test, then recalled for the fourth Test as Archer's replacement.
Surrey's Atkinson improved at the MCG, bagging two scalps in Australia's first innings, then making 28 as a batsman as one of just three teammates to get into double digits.
Post a single over late on the first day, he came back the next day and removed Scott Boland Scott Boland caught behind.
Unfortunately, on the final ball of that over, he sent down a slower ball to the batsman and promptly felt his left hamstring.
Atkinson was brought back for the Melbourne match having missed of the third.
