Seamer Atkinson Exacerbates the English team's Fitness Concerns.
'Major setback' for the English camp as Atkinson leaves the field with a hamstring injury.
The English seamer added to the injury concerns plaguing England upon exiting the playing area on the second morning in the Melbourne Test against Australia.
The right-arm seamer felt a problem in his left leg after the final ball of the fourth over on Saturday.
Team management indicated the 27-year-old reported "discomfort" and would spend time on the sidelines in order to be assessed "during the day".
The final Test of the series in Sydney gets underway this coming Sunday.
The visitors have previously lost fast bowlers Mark Wood to a knee injury and another paceman to a side strain during this series.
Matthew Fisher was brought into the squad as injury reinforcement.
His form was underwhelming early in the series, taking just three wickets.
He was dropped from the previous Test, only to be brought back for the Melbourne Test as Archer's replacement.
Atkinson improved at the MCG, claiming a couple of wickets in Australia's first innings, and scoring 28 runs with the bat as one of just three England players who passed ten runs.
Following a brief spell at the end of day one, he came back on Saturday morning and dismissed the nightwatchman Scott Boland caught behind.
Yet, at the end of his spell, he sent down a variation to Travis Head and suddenly grabbed his left hamstring.
The English bowler was recalled for the Melbourne match following his omission the previous Test.
