Fast bowler Gus Atkinson Compounds England's Injury Concerns.
'Major setback' for England as Atkinson is forced off with a hamstring injury.
The English seamer further complicated England's injury problems when he left the playing area during Saturday's play of the fourth Ashes Test versus the Australians.
The pace bowler felt a problem in his hamstring post-delivery of the fourth over on Saturday.
The touring camp reported the 27-year-old had experienced "tightness" and required time off the field for further assessment "in the coming hours".
The series decider in this Ashes battle beginning on 4 January starts on Sunday, 4 January.
The visitors have previously lost strike bowlers one seamer with a knee problem and Jofra Archer with an abdominal strain on the current trip.
A replacement bowler was added to the party as injury reinforcement.
The seamer had a tough time in the opening two Tests, taking just three wickets.
He was dropped from the previous Test, then recalled for the Melbourne Test as Archer's replacement.
The county bowler improved at the MCG, taking two wickets with the ball, and scoring 28 runs as a batsman being one of only three teammates to get into double digits.
After bowling one over at the end of day one, he came back for the second day's play and dismissed the nightwatchman taken by the wicketkeeper.
Yet, at the end of that over, he sent down a slower ball to Travis Head and immediately felt at his leg.
Gus Atkinson was recalled for the Melbourne match following his omission of the third.