Fast bowler Atkinson Compounds England's Injury Worries.
'Major setback' for the touring side as Atkinson goes off with a hamstring injury.
Gus Atkinson further complicated England's injury problems when he left the playing area on the second morning in the Melbourne Test in the Ashes series.
The right-arm seamer experienced discomfort in his hamstring after the final ball that he bowled on Saturday.
The touring camp reported the 27-year-old felt some "soreness" and was to take time off the field in order to be assessed "over the next few hours".
The series decider of the series in Sydney starts this coming Sunday.
England have previously lost strike bowlers one seamer to a knee injury and another paceman to a side strain on this Ashes tour.
A replacement bowler was added to the party as cover for Wood.
His form was underwhelming during the first two matches, claiming a mere three wickets.
He was left out of the third Test, then recalled for the Boxing Day match in the playing XI.
The county bowler performed better in the fourth Test, taking two wickets in Australia's first innings, then making 28 with the bat among just a trio of teammates to reach double figures.
Post a single over in Australia's second innings, he resumed the next day and removed Scott Boland Scott Boland caught behind.
However, on the final ball of that over, he delivered a variation to the batsman and suddenly grabbed for his hamstring.
The English bowler was recalled for the Boxing Day Test following his omission the Adelaide game.
