Seamer Atkinson Exacerbates the English team's Injury Concerns.
'Significant concern' for the touring side after Atkinson is forced off with a hamstring injury.
The English seamer added to the injury concerns plaguing England after leaving the playing area during Saturday's play in the Melbourne Test in the Ashes series.
Atkinson experienced discomfort in his left hamstring immediately following a delivery in his spell at the MCG.
The touring camp indicated Atkinson reported "discomfort" and was to take time on the sidelines in order to be assessed "over the next few hours".
The series decider of the tour at the SCG gets underway at the end of the week.
The English side has already lost key quicks Mark Wood to a knee injury and Jofra Archer to a side strain on this Ashes tour.
A replacement bowler was brought into the squad as injury reinforcement.
The seamer had a tough time early in the series, managing only a handful of scalps.
He was omitted of the third Test, only to be brought back for the Melbourne Test to fill the void.
Atkinson performed better in the fourth Test, claiming a couple of wickets in Australia's first innings, and scoring 28 runs with the bat being one of only three English batsmen to reach double figures.
Following a brief spell in Australia's second innings, he came back the next day and dismissed the nightwatchman Scott Boland caught behind.
Yet, on the final ball of that over, he delivered a slower ball to the batsman and suddenly grabbed his left hamstring.
Atkinson was recalled for the Boxing Day Test after being left out the previous Test.
