Seamer Atkinson Compounds the English team's Fitness Problems.
'Major setback' for the touring side as Atkinson leaves the field with a hamstring injury.
The pace bowler increased England's injury problems after leaving the playing area early on day two of the fourth Ashes Test versus the Australians.
The right-arm seamer felt a problem in his left hamstring after the final ball in his spell during the morning session.
Team management indicated Atkinson felt some "soreness" and was to take time off the field in order to be assessed "in the coming hours".
The concluding match of the series beginning on 4 January gets underway this coming Sunday.
The English side has previously lost fast bowlers one seamer with a knee problem and another paceman to a side strain on the current trip.
A replacement bowler was added to the party as injury reinforcement.
The seamer had a tough time early in the series, managing only three wickets.
He was omitted of the third Test, only to be brought back for the Boxing Day match as Archer's replacement.
The county bowler performed better in the fourth Test, taking two wickets with the ball, before adding 28 with the bat among just a trio of teammates who passed ten runs.
Following a brief spell in Australia's second innings, he resumed on Saturday morning and dismissed the nightwatchman edging to the keeper.
Yet, on the final ball of the fifth over, he sent down a variation to the batsman and suddenly grabbed his left hamstring.
Atkinson returned to the side for the Boxing Day Test following his omission the previous Test.
