Paceman Atkinson Compounds the English team's Injury Concerns.
'Significant concern' for England as Atkinson leaves the field suffering a hamstring problem.
The English seamer further complicated England's injury problems when he left the ground during Saturday's play of the Boxing Day Test in the Ashes series.
The right-arm seamer experienced discomfort in his left leg immediately following a delivery that he bowled at the MCG.
The touring camp stated Atkinson felt some "soreness" and would spend time off the field in order to be assessed "in the coming hours".
The concluding match of the tour at the SCG starts this coming Sunday.
The English side has already lost strike bowlers Mark Wood to a knee injury and another paceman with an abdominal strain on this Ashes tour.
Matthew Fisher was brought into the squad as cover for Wood.
Atkinson struggled early in the series, claiming a mere a handful of scalps.
He was omitted of the third Test, then recalled for the Melbourne Test as Archer's replacement.
The county bowler performed better in the fourth Test, bagging two scalps with the ball, then making 28 as a batsman as one of just three English batsmen to reach double figures.
Following a brief spell at the end of day one, he returned the next day and removed Scott Boland Scott Boland caught behind.
However, on the final ball of his spell, he bowled a change of pace to Travis Head and suddenly grabbed at his leg.
Atkinson returned to the side for the Boxing Day Test after being left out the Adelaide game.
