Paceman Atkinson Exacerbates the English team's Injury Concerns.
'Major setback' for the English camp as Atkinson leaves the field due to a hamstring issue.
The English seamer increased the fitness woes of the England squad after leaving the field on the second morning in the Melbourne Test in the Ashes series.
Atkinson experienced discomfort in his left leg post-delivery that he bowled at the MCG.
The England team indicated Atkinson had experienced "tightness" and was to take time away from the action for further assessment "over the next few hours".
The concluding match in this Ashes battle beginning on 4 January gets underway this coming Sunday.
The visitors have already lost key quicks one seamer with a knee problem and another paceman because of a side injury on this Ashes tour.
A replacement bowler was called up as cover for Wood.
Atkinson struggled early in the series, taking just three wickets.
He was left out from the previous Test, only to be brought back for the Boxing Day match to fill the void.
Surrey's Atkinson showed better form in Melbourne, bagging two scalps during the host's first knock, then making 28 with the bat as one of just three English batsmen who passed ten runs.
Post a single over late on the first day, he came back for the second day's play and removed Scott Boland edging to the keeper.
Unfortunately, at the end of the fifth over, he delivered a change of pace to the batsman and promptly felt his left hamstring.
The English bowler was recalled for the fourth Ashes Test after being left out the previous Test.
