Fast bowler Gus Atkinson Compounds England's Injury Concerns.
'Significant concern' for the English camp after Atkinson leaves the field suffering a hamstring problem.
The English seamer further complicated the injury concerns plaguing England when he left the playing area on the second morning of the Boxing Day Test in the Ashes series.
Atkinson felt a problem in his hamstring immediately following a delivery in his spell at the MCG.
Team management stated the 27-year-old reported "discomfort" and would spend time on the sidelines to undergo evaluation "during the day".
The series decider of the series in Sydney gets underway at the end of the week.
The visitors have previously lost fast bowlers one seamer with a knee problem and Jofra Archer to a side strain during this series.
A replacement bowler was brought into the squad as cover for Wood.
The seamer had a tough time in the opening two Tests, managing only a handful of scalps.
He was omitted from the previous Test, only to be brought back for the Boxing Day match as Archer's replacement.
Atkinson showed better form in Melbourne, bagging two scalps in Australia's first innings, and scoring 28 runs while batting among just a trio of teammates to get into double digits.
Post a single over at the end of day one, he resumed for the second day's play and dismissed the nightwatchman edging to the keeper.
Unfortunately, towards the conclusion of the fifth over, he bowled a variation to Travis Head and suddenly grabbed his left hamstring.
The English bowler returned to the side for the Boxing Day Test after being left out the Adelaide game.
