Seamer Atkinson Exacerbates England's Fitness Worries.
'Significant concern' for the touring side after Atkinson goes off suffering a hamstring problem.
The English seamer added to England's injury problems after leaving the field on the second morning in the Melbourne Test in the Ashes series.
Atkinson experienced discomfort in his left leg after the final ball that he bowled at the MCG.
The England team stated the 27-year-old had experienced "tightness" and was to take time away from the action in order to be assessed "in the coming hours".
The final Test of the series at the SCG starts this coming Sunday.
The English side has already lost fast bowlers one seamer to a knee injury and Jofra Archer with an abdominal strain during this series.
A replacement bowler was brought into the squad as cover for Wood.
The seamer had a tough time in the opening two Tests, managing only a handful of scalps.
He was dropped for the Adelaide match, before being recalled for the fourth Test in the playing XI.
Surrey's Atkinson showed better form in Melbourne, bagging two scalps in Australia's first innings, before adding 28 as a batsman as one of just three English batsmen to get into double digits.
After bowling one over late on the first day, he came back on Saturday morning and dismissed the nightwatchman taken by the wicketkeeper.
However, at the end of the fifth over, he bowled a change of pace to Travis Head and promptly felt his left hamstring.
Gus Atkinson was recalled for the Boxing Day Test having missed the previous Test.
