Seamer Gus Atkinson Compounds the English team's Injury Worries.
'Serious blow' for the touring side after Atkinson is forced off due to a hamstring issue.
The English seamer further complicated the fitness woes of the England squad after leaving the field early on day two of the fourth Ashes Test versus the Australians.
Atkinson felt a problem in his hamstring immediately following a delivery of the fourth over at the MCG.
Team management reported the 27-year-old reported "discomfort" and required time on the sidelines to undergo evaluation "in the coming hours".
The series decider in this Ashes battle beginning on 4 January begins this coming Sunday.
The visitors have been without strike bowlers Mark Wood with a knee problem and Jofra Archer to a side strain on this Ashes tour.
Matthew Fisher was called up as cover for Wood.
His form was underwhelming during the first two matches, claiming a mere three wickets.
He was omitted for the Adelaide match, only to be brought back for the Boxing Day match in the playing XI.
The county bowler improved at the MCG, taking two wickets with the ball, then making 28 as a batsman being one of only three English batsmen to reach double figures.
Following a brief spell in Australia's second innings, he returned on Saturday morning and had nightwatchman Scott Boland caught behind.
However, at the end of that over, he bowled a change of pace to the batsman and promptly felt for his hamstring.
Atkinson returned to the side for the Melbourne match after being left out of the third.
