Fast bowler Gus Atkinson Exacerbates England's Fitness Concerns.
'Major setback' for the English camp as Atkinson is forced off with a hamstring injury.
The English seamer further complicated the injury concerns plaguing England upon exiting the field during Saturday's play of the Boxing Day Test versus the Australians.
The pace bowler felt a problem in his hamstring post-delivery in his spell at the MCG.
The England team stated the 27-year-old reported "discomfort" and would spend time on the sidelines in order to be assessed "over the next few hours".
The series decider of the series in Sydney gets underway at the end of the week.
The visitors have been without strike bowlers Mark Wood due to knee trouble and another paceman to a side strain on the current trip.
Matthew Fisher was called up as cover for Wood.
The seamer had a tough time in the opening two Tests, managing only a handful of scalps.
He was omitted for the Adelaide match, before being recalled for the Melbourne Test in the playing XI.
Surrey's Atkinson improved at the MCG, bagging two scalps in Australia's first innings, before adding 28 while batting as one of just three teammates who passed ten runs.
Following a brief spell in Australia's second innings, he resumed on Saturday morning and removed Scott Boland edging to the keeper.
Yet, at the end of his spell, he delivered a change of pace to the batsman and promptly felt for his hamstring.
Atkinson was brought back for the Melbourne match having missed of the third.
