Seamer Gus Atkinson Compounds the English team's Fitness Problems.
'Serious blow' for the English camp after Atkinson goes off suffering a hamstring problem.
The pace bowler added to the fitness woes of the England squad upon exiting the ground on the second morning of the Boxing Day Test in the Ashes series.
The right-arm seamer pulled up with his left leg after the final ball in his spell at the MCG.
The England team indicated Atkinson had experienced "tightness" and required time away from the action in order to be assessed "in the coming hours".
The final Test in this Ashes battle at the SCG gets underway this coming Sunday.
The English side has previously lost fast bowlers one seamer with a knee problem and another paceman because of a side injury on the current trip.
A replacement bowler was added to the party as injury reinforcement.
His form was underwhelming early in the series, managing only a handful of scalps.
He was omitted of the third Test, then recalled for the Boxing Day match as Archer's replacement.
Atkinson performed better in the fourth Test, claiming a couple of wickets during the host's first knock, and scoring 28 runs while batting as one of just three England players who passed ten runs.
Post a single over late on the first day, he resumed on Saturday morning and dismissed the nightwatchman edging to the keeper.
Unfortunately, at the end of the fifth over, he sent down a variation to Travis Head and suddenly grabbed at his leg.
Gus Atkinson returned to the side for the Boxing Day Test having missed of the third.
