Fast bowler Atkinson Exacerbates the English team's Fitness Worries.
'Major setback' for England after Atkinson goes off due to a hamstring issue.
The English seamer increased the injury concerns plaguing England upon exiting the playing area on the second morning of the Boxing Day Test versus the Australians.
Atkinson felt a problem in his hamstring post-delivery in his spell during the morning session.
The England team reported 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 beginning on 4 January gets underway on Sunday, 4 January.
The visitors have been without strike bowlers one seamer with a knee problem and Jofra Archer to a side strain on this Ashes tour.
A replacement bowler was added to the party as cover for Wood.
His form was underwhelming during the first two matches, claiming a mere three wickets.
He was left out from the previous Test, then recalled for the Boxing Day match as Archer's replacement.
Surrey's Atkinson improved at the MCG, claiming a couple of wickets with the ball, and scoring 28 runs while batting being one of only three English batsmen who passed ten runs.
After bowling one over late on the first day, he resumed on Saturday morning and dismissed the nightwatchman taken by the wicketkeeper.
Yet, at the end of that over, he bowled a slower ball to Travis Head and suddenly grabbed his left hamstring.
The English bowler returned to the side for the Melbourne match having missed of the third.