Fast bowler Gus Atkinson Exacerbates the English team's Fitness Worries.
'Serious blow' for the touring side after Atkinson is forced off due to a hamstring issue.
The English seamer added to the injury concerns plaguing England upon exiting the ground during Saturday's play of the Boxing Day Test against Australia.
Atkinson pulled up with his left leg immediately following a delivery of the fourth over at the MCG.
Team management reported Atkinson had experienced "tightness" and required time off the field for further assessment "over the next few hours".
The concluding match of the series at the SCG gets underway this coming Sunday.
The visitors have previously lost fast bowlers one seamer with a knee problem and another paceman to a side strain on the current trip.
Matthew Fisher was brought into the squad as injury reinforcement.
Atkinson struggled in the opening two Tests, managing only a handful of scalps.
He was omitted of the third Test, before being recalled for the Boxing Day match in the playing XI.
Atkinson showed better form in Melbourne, claiming a couple of wickets during the host's first knock, before adding 28 while batting among just a trio of England players who passed ten runs.
Post a single over in Australia's second innings, he returned the next day and dismissed the nightwatchman edging to the keeper.
However, at the end of that over, he sent down a variation to Travis Head and suddenly grabbed his left hamstring.
Gus Atkinson was recalled for the Boxing Day Test following his omission the Adelaide game.
