Fast bowler Atkinson Exacerbates England's Injury Problems.
'Serious blow' for the touring side after Atkinson is forced off due to a hamstring issue.
The English seamer added to England's injury problems after leaving the playing area early on day two of the fourth Ashes Test against Australia.
The pace bowler felt a problem in his hamstring after the final ball that he bowled at the MCG.
The England team indicated Atkinson felt some "soreness" and would spend 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 begins on Sunday, 4 January.
England have been without strike bowlers one seamer to a knee injury and another paceman to a side strain on the current trip.
A replacement bowler was brought into the squad to provide backup.
His form was underwhelming during the first two matches, managing only a handful of scalps.
He was dropped from the previous Test, then recalled for the Boxing Day match as Archer's replacement.
Atkinson showed better form in Melbourne, bagging two scalps in Australia's first innings, before adding 28 while batting as one of just three teammates to get into double digits.
After bowling one over late on the first day, he returned the next day and removed Scott Boland edging to the keeper.
Yet, at the end of the fifth over, he bowled a change of pace to the batsman and suddenly grabbed for his hamstring.
Gus Atkinson returned to the side for the Boxing Day Test having missed of the third.
