Fast bowler Atkinson Exacerbates the English team's Fitness Problems.
'Serious blow' for the touring side as Atkinson leaves the field due to a hamstring issue.
The English seamer further complicated the fitness woes of the England squad when he left the ground on the second morning of the fourth Ashes Test in the Ashes series.
The right-arm seamer experienced discomfort in his left hamstring after the final ball that he bowled during the morning session.
Team management indicated the 27-year-old reported "discomfort" and would spend time away from the action in order to be assessed "during the day".
The series decider of the tour in Sydney begins at the end of the week.
England have previously lost strike bowlers one seamer to a knee injury and Jofra Archer because of a side injury on this Ashes tour.
A replacement bowler was added to the party as injury reinforcement.
His form was underwhelming during the first two matches, managing only a handful of scalps.
He was dropped for the Adelaide match, before being recalled for the Boxing Day match in the playing XI.
Surrey's Atkinson performed better in the fourth Test, taking two wickets with the ball, then making 28 while batting among just a trio of England players to get into double digits.
After bowling one over late on the first day, he resumed on Saturday morning and removed Scott Boland Scott Boland caught behind.
Unfortunately, on the final ball of his spell, he bowled a slower ball to the batsman and suddenly grabbed for his hamstring.
Atkinson was brought back for the Melbourne match having missed of the third.
