Fast bowler Gus Atkinson Adds to England's Injury Concerns.
'Significant concern' for the touring side as Atkinson goes off suffering a hamstring problem.
The pace bowler increased England's injury problems after leaving the field early on day two of the Boxing Day Test versus the Australians.
The pace bowler experienced discomfort in his hamstring after the final ball of the fourth over at the MCG.
The England team reported the 27-year-old felt some "soreness" and required time on the sidelines for further assessment "during the day".
The concluding match in this Ashes battle beginning on 4 January gets underway on Sunday, 4 January.
England have already lost strike bowlers Mark Wood to a knee injury and Jofra Archer with an abdominal strain on the current trip.
A replacement bowler was called up to provide backup.
The seamer had a tough time early in the series, managing only a handful of scalps.
He was omitted from the previous Test, then recalled for the fourth Test in the playing XI.
Surrey's Atkinson improved at the MCG, bagging two scalps with the ball, then making 28 with the bat as one of just three English batsmen to reach double figures.
After bowling one over in Australia's second innings, he returned the next day and removed Scott Boland Scott Boland caught behind.
However, on the final ball of his spell, he delivered a slower ball to the batsman and suddenly grabbed his left hamstring.
Atkinson returned to the side for the fourth Ashes Test after being left out of the third.
