Paceman Atkinson Exacerbates the English team's Injury Worries.
'Significant concern' for the touring side after Atkinson leaves the field with a hamstring injury.
The pace bowler further complicated the injury concerns plaguing England upon exiting the ground on the second morning in the Melbourne Test versus the Australians.
The pace bowler experienced discomfort in his left leg immediately following a delivery of the fourth over during the morning session.
Team management indicated the 27-year-old had experienced "tightness" and was to take time off the field in order to be assessed "in the coming hours".
The series decider of the series at the SCG starts at the end of the week.
The visitors have previously lost key quicks Mark Wood to a knee injury and another paceman to a side strain on the current trip.
A replacement bowler was brought into the squad to provide backup.
Atkinson struggled during the first two matches, managing only a handful of scalps.
He was dropped for the Adelaide match, before being recalled for the Melbourne Test as Archer's replacement.
Atkinson showed better form in Melbourne, claiming a couple of wickets during the host's first knock, before adding 28 with the bat as one of just three teammates who passed ten runs.
Post a single over late on the first day, he came back the next day and removed Scott Boland taken by the wicketkeeper.
Unfortunately, at the end of the fifth over, he delivered a slower ball to Travis Head and immediately felt for his hamstring.
Gus Atkinson was brought back for the Boxing Day Test having missed the previous Test.
