Seamer Gus Atkinson Compounds the English team's Injury Problems.
'Serious blow' for the touring side after Atkinson is forced off due to a hamstring issue.
The English seamer further complicated England's injury problems upon exiting the playing area during Saturday's play of the fourth Ashes Test in the Ashes series.
The pace bowler experienced discomfort in his hamstring post-delivery in his spell on Saturday.
The England team reported Atkinson felt some "soreness" and required time away from the action in order to be assessed "during the day".
The concluding match of the tour beginning on 4 January gets underway at the end of the week.
The visitors have previously lost strike bowlers one seamer to a knee injury and another paceman to a side strain on the current trip.
Matthew Fisher was brought into the squad as injury reinforcement.
The seamer had a tough time during the first two matches, claiming a mere a handful of scalps.
He was dropped of the third Test, before being recalled for the fourth Test to fill the void.
The county bowler improved at the MCG, bagging two scalps with the ball, and scoring 28 runs while batting as one of just three English batsmen to reach double figures.
After bowling one over late on the first day, he came back the next day and removed Scott Boland edging to the keeper.
However, towards the conclusion of his spell, he sent down a variation to Travis Head and suddenly grabbed his left hamstring.
Gus Atkinson was brought back for the Melbourne match having missed the previous Test.
