Seamer Atkinson Exacerbates the English team's Injury Worries.
'Major setback' for the touring side after Atkinson is forced off suffering a hamstring problem.
The English seamer further complicated England's injury problems when he left the ground early on day two of the Boxing Day Test against Australia.
Atkinson experienced discomfort in his hamstring after the final ball in his spell during the morning session.
Team management stated the 27-year-old had experienced "tightness" and required time on the sidelines for further assessment "over the next few hours".
The series decider in this Ashes battle beginning on 4 January starts this coming Sunday.
England have previously lost fast bowlers one seamer with a knee problem and Jofra Archer with an abdominal strain on this Ashes tour.
A replacement bowler was called up as cover for Wood.
Atkinson struggled during the first two matches, taking just three wickets.
He was left out of the third Test, then recalled for the Boxing Day match in the playing XI.
The county bowler performed better in the fourth Test, bagging two scalps in Australia's first innings, then making 28 as a batsman among just a trio of England players to get into double digits.
Following a brief spell late on the first day, he came back the next day and dismissed the nightwatchman taken by the wicketkeeper.
Unfortunately, at the end of the fifth over, he bowled a change of pace to the batsman and immediately felt his left hamstring.
Atkinson returned to the side for the Melbourne match having missed of the third.
