Paceman Atkinson Exacerbates the English team's Fitness Problems.
'Major setback' for England after Atkinson leaves the field due to a hamstring issue.
The English seamer further complicated England's injury problems when he left the playing area on the second morning of the Boxing Day Test against Australia.
The right-arm seamer experienced discomfort in his left hamstring immediately following a delivery in his spell at the MCG.
Team management indicated Atkinson had experienced "tightness" and was to take time away from the action in order to be assessed "in the coming hours".
The final Test in this Ashes battle beginning on 4 January gets underway this coming Sunday.
The visitors have been without fast bowlers Mark Wood to a knee injury and Jofra Archer because of a side injury on the current trip.
Matthew Fisher was brought into the squad as injury reinforcement.
His form was underwhelming early in the series, claiming a mere a handful of scalps.
He was dropped from the previous Test, then recalled for the Boxing Day match to fill the void.
The county bowler showed better form in Melbourne, taking two wickets with the ball, then making 28 with the bat being one of only three teammates to reach double figures.
After bowling one over at the end of day one, he returned for the second day's play and had nightwatchman Scott Boland caught behind.
Unfortunately, on the final ball of that over, he sent down a variation to the batsman and immediately felt his left hamstring.
The English bowler was brought back for the fourth Ashes Test following his omission the previous Test.
