Fast bowler Atkinson Compounds the English team's Injury Problems.
'Significant concern' for England as Atkinson goes off suffering a hamstring problem.
The English seamer added to England's injury problems when he left the playing area on the second morning of the Boxing Day Test against Australia.
Atkinson pulled up with his left leg after the final ball that he bowled during the morning session.
Team management stated the 27-year-old had experienced "tightness" and was to take time on the sidelines for further assessment "during the day".
The series decider of the series in Sydney begins on Sunday, 4 January.
England have already lost fast bowlers one seamer due to knee trouble and another paceman with an abdominal strain during this series.
A replacement bowler was brought into the squad as injury reinforcement.
The seamer had a tough time during the first two matches, taking just three wickets.
He was omitted from the previous Test, before being recalled for the fourth Test in the playing XI.
The county bowler showed better form in Melbourne, taking two wickets during the host's first knock, and scoring 28 runs with the bat as one of just three English batsmen who passed ten runs.
Following a brief spell in Australia's second innings, he came back for the second day's play and had nightwatchman edging to the keeper.
Yet, on the final ball of his spell, he delivered a variation to the batsman and promptly felt his left hamstring.
The English bowler was recalled for the Melbourne match after being left out the previous Test.
