Fast bowler Gus Atkinson Compounds the English team's Fitness Worries.
'Major setback' for the touring side as Atkinson is forced off due to a hamstring issue.
The pace bowler added to the injury concerns plaguing England when he left the playing area during Saturday's play of the Boxing Day Test in the Ashes series.
The right-arm seamer felt a problem in his hamstring immediately following a delivery of the fourth over during the morning session.
The England team stated Atkinson had experienced "tightness" and was to take time on the sidelines for further assessment "over the next few hours".
The concluding match in this Ashes battle beginning on 4 January gets underway at the end of the week.
England have previously lost fast bowlers Mark Wood with a knee problem and Jofra Archer because of a side injury during this series.
A replacement bowler was brought into the squad as injury reinforcement.
His form was underwhelming in the opening two Tests, taking just three wickets.
He was dropped of the third Test, before being recalled for the Boxing Day match to fill the void.
The county bowler showed better form in Melbourne, claiming a couple of wickets during the host's first knock, and scoring 28 runs as a batsman being one of only three teammates to reach double figures.
Post a single over at the end of day one, he came back for the second day's play and removed Scott Boland Scott Boland caught behind.
Yet, on the final ball of his spell, he bowled a change of pace to the batsman and immediately felt his left hamstring.
The English bowler returned to the side for the fourth Ashes Test after being left out of the third.
