'Major setback' for the English camp after Atkinson is forced off due to a hamstring issue.
Gus Atkinson further complicated the injury concerns plaguing England after leaving the ground on the second morning in the Melbourne Test against Australia.
Atkinson felt a problem in his left hamstring immediately following a delivery in his spell on Saturday.
Team management stated the 27-year-old had experienced "tightness" and required time away from the action to undergo evaluation "in the coming hours".
The series decider in this Ashes battle in Sydney gets underway at the end of the week.
England have already lost fast bowlers one seamer to a knee injury and Jofra Archer to a side strain on the current trip.
Matthew Fisher was added to the party to provide backup.
His form was underwhelming during the first two matches, claiming a mere a handful of scalps.
He was dropped for the Adelaide match, before being recalled for the fourth Test to fill the void.
The county bowler performed better in the fourth Test, bagging two scalps during the host's first knock, before adding 28 with the bat among just a trio of teammates to reach double figures.
After bowling one over at the end of day one, he resumed for the second day's play and dismissed the nightwatchman Scott Boland caught behind.
Unfortunately, towards the conclusion of that over, he delivered a change of pace to the batsman and suddenly grabbed for his hamstring.
Atkinson returned to the side for the fourth Ashes Test after being left out the Adelaide game.
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