Seamer Gus Atkinson Compounds the English team's Fitness Worries.
'Significant concern' for the touring side as Atkinson goes off with a hamstring injury.
The pace bowler added to the injury concerns plaguing England upon exiting the field early on day two of the Boxing Day Test versus the Australians.
The right-arm seamer pulled up with his left leg immediately following a delivery that he bowled at the MCG.
The England team stated Atkinson had experienced "tightness" and was to take time away from the action in order to be assessed "over the next few hours".
The final Test of the tour beginning on 4 January gets underway on Sunday, 4 January.
The English side has been without fast bowlers one seamer with a knee problem and Jofra Archer because of a side injury on this Ashes tour.
A replacement bowler was added to the party as cover for Wood.
Atkinson struggled during the first two matches, claiming a mere a handful of scalps.
He was left out from the previous Test, only to be brought back for the fourth Test to fill the void.
The county bowler performed better in the fourth Test, claiming a couple of wickets during the host's first knock, then making 28 with the bat as one of just three English batsmen who passed ten runs.
Following a brief spell at the end of day one, he came back for the second day's play and removed Scott Boland Scott Boland caught behind.
Unfortunately, on the final ball of the fifth over, he bowled a slower ball to Travis Head and promptly felt his left hamstring.
Atkinson was brought back for the fourth Ashes Test following his omission the Adelaide game.
