Fast bowler Gus Atkinson Compounds the English team's Injury Problems.
'Major setback' for the touring side as Atkinson is forced off suffering a hamstring problem.
The English seamer added to England's injury problems when he left the ground early on day two of the fourth Ashes Test versus the Australians.
The right-arm seamer experienced discomfort in his left hamstring post-delivery in his spell on Saturday.
The touring camp indicated the 27-year-old felt some "soreness" and required time on the sidelines to undergo evaluation "during the day".
The final Test of the series beginning on 4 January starts on Sunday, 4 January.
The English side has previously lost fast bowlers Mark Wood to a knee injury and another paceman to a side strain on this Ashes tour.
A replacement bowler was brought into the squad 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, then recalled for the Boxing Day match in the playing XI.
Surrey's Atkinson improved at the MCG, bagging two scalps with the ball, and scoring 28 runs while batting being one of only three English batsmen to reach double figures.
After bowling one over late on the first day, he returned the next day and removed Scott Boland taken by the wicketkeeper.
However, at the end of the fifth over, he delivered a variation to Travis Head and immediately felt for his hamstring.
Atkinson returned to the side for the Melbourne match having missed the Adelaide game.
