Seamer Gus Atkinson Compounds the English team's Injury Concerns.

'Serious blow' for the touring side after Atkinson is forced off with a hamstring injury.

The English seamer further complicated the fitness woes of the England squad when he left the field during Saturday's play in the Melbourne Test against Australia.

Atkinson pulled up with his left leg after the final ball in his spell on Saturday.

The England team indicated Atkinson had experienced "tightness" and required time on the sidelines in order to be assessed "over the next few hours".

The concluding match in this Ashes battle in Sydney gets underway on Sunday, 4 January.

The English side has already lost fast bowlers Mark Wood to a knee injury and another paceman because of a side injury during this series.

Matthew Fisher was brought into the squad as cover for Wood.

Atkinson struggled early in the series, managing only a handful of scalps.

He was dropped from the previous Test, then recalled for the Boxing Day match as Archer's replacement.

Atkinson performed better in the fourth Test, taking two wickets during the host's first knock, before adding 28 with the bat being one of only three teammates to reach double figures.

Following a brief spell in Australia's second innings, he returned on Saturday morning and dismissed the nightwatchman Scott Boland caught behind.

However, at the end of his spell, he delivered a change of pace to Travis Head and promptly felt at his leg.