Fast bowler Atkinson Exacerbates the English team's Injury Worries.
'Major setback' for the English camp after Atkinson goes off suffering a hamstring problem.
The English seamer further complicated England's injury problems upon exiting the ground during Saturday's play of the fourth Ashes Test against Australia.
Atkinson felt a problem in his hamstring after the final ball in his spell during the morning session.
The touring camp reported the 27-year-old reported "discomfort" and required time off the field in order to be assessed "over the next few hours".
The series decider of the series beginning on 4 January gets underway this coming Sunday.
The visitors have already lost fast bowlers Mark Wood with a knee problem and another paceman to a side strain on the current trip.
A replacement bowler was called up as injury reinforcement.
The seamer had a tough time early in the series, taking just three wickets.
He was dropped of the third Test, then recalled for the fourth Test in the playing XI.
The county bowler showed better form in Melbourne, bagging two scalps with the ball, and scoring 28 runs as a batsman among just a trio of English batsmen to reach double figures.
Post a single over in Australia's second innings, he returned on Saturday morning and removed Scott Boland taken by the wicketkeeper.
Unfortunately, towards the conclusion of that over, he bowled a slower ball to Travis Head and immediately felt his left hamstring.
Atkinson was brought back for the Melbourne match following his omission of the third.
