Seamer Atkinson Exacerbates the English team's Injury Worries.
'Significant concern' for the English camp as Atkinson goes off with a hamstring injury.
The pace bowler further complicated the injury concerns plaguing England after leaving the playing area early on day two of the fourth Ashes Test versus the Australians.
Atkinson felt a problem in his left hamstring immediately following a delivery that he bowled at the MCG.
Team management stated the 27-year-old reported "discomfort" and would spend time away from the action in order to be assessed "during the day".
The concluding match in this Ashes battle at the SCG gets underway at the end of the week.
England have already lost strike bowlers one seamer to a knee injury and Jofra Archer with an abdominal strain during this series.
A replacement bowler was added to the party as injury reinforcement.
Atkinson struggled early in the series, taking just three wickets.
He was left out from the previous Test, before being recalled for the Boxing Day match in the playing XI.
The county bowler performed better in the fourth Test, claiming a couple of wickets during the host's first knock, then making 28 while batting among just a trio of English batsmen to get into double digits.
After bowling one over in Australia's second innings, he came back for the second day's play and removed Scott Boland taken by the wicketkeeper.
However, at the end of that over, he delivered a variation to the batsman and immediately felt at his leg.
The English bowler was recalled for the fourth Ashes Test having missed the previous Test.
