Seamer Atkinson Exacerbates the English team's Injury Concerns.
'Major setback' for the English camp after Atkinson goes off suffering a hamstring problem.
The English seamer added to the injury concerns plaguing England upon exiting the ground on the second morning of the fourth Ashes Test versus the Australians.
The pace bowler felt a problem in his left hamstring post-delivery that he bowled at the MCG.
Team management stated the 27-year-old had experienced "tightness" and was to take time on the sidelines in order to be assessed "over the next few hours".
The final Test of the series beginning on 4 January begins this coming Sunday.
The visitors have already lost key quicks one seamer to a knee injury and Jofra Archer 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, managing only a handful of scalps.
He was left out for the Adelaide match, before being recalled for the fourth Test in the playing XI.
The county bowler improved at the MCG, taking two wickets with the ball, and scoring 28 runs as a batsman as one of just three England players to get into double digits.
Following a brief spell at the end of day one, he resumed the next day and dismissed the nightwatchman Scott Boland caught behind.
However, towards the conclusion of the fifth over, he sent down a slower ball to the batsman and suddenly grabbed at his leg.
The English bowler returned to the side for the Boxing Day Test having missed the previous Test.
