Seamer Atkinson Compounds the English team's Injury Problems.

The English seamer increased England's injury problems upon exiting the ground during Saturday's play in the Melbourne Test versus the Australians.

Atkinson felt a problem in his left hamstring immediately following a delivery that he bowled at the MCG.

The England team reported the 27-year-old felt some "soreness" and required time off the field to undergo evaluation "in the coming hours".

The final Test of the series in Sydney gets underway this coming Sunday.

The English side has previously lost strike bowlers one seamer due to knee trouble and Jofra Archer because of a side injury during this series.

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

The seamer had a tough time early in the series, taking just a handful of scalps.

He was dropped for the Adelaide match, only to be brought back for the fourth Test to fill the void.

Atkinson improved at the MCG, taking two wickets in Australia's first innings, and scoring 28 runs with the bat as one of just three teammates who passed ten runs.

After bowling one over late on the first day, he returned on Saturday morning and had nightwatchman Scott Boland caught behind.

Unfortunately, towards the conclusion of that over, he delivered a variation to the batsman and suddenly grabbed his left hamstring.