Fast bowler Gus Atkinson Compounds the English team's Fitness Concerns.
'Significant concern' for the touring side as Atkinson is forced off with a hamstring injury.
The pace bowler further complicated the injury concerns plaguing England after leaving the playing area during Saturday's play of the Boxing Day Test versus the Australians.
The pace bowler pulled up with his hamstring immediately following a delivery that he bowled at the MCG.
Team management indicated the 27-year-old had experienced "tightness" and was to take time off the field for further assessment "during the day".
The series decider of the tour beginning on 4 January starts at the end of the week.
England have previously lost key quicks Mark Wood with a knee problem and another paceman to a side strain on the current trip.
Matthew Fisher was called up to provide backup.
The seamer had a tough time early in the series, claiming a mere a handful of scalps.
He was omitted for the Adelaide match, before being recalled for the Boxing Day match to fill the void.
Atkinson performed better in the fourth Test, claiming a couple of wickets with the ball, and scoring 28 runs with the bat as one of just three English batsmen to reach double figures.
Post a single over in Australia's second innings, he resumed the next day and dismissed the nightwatchman edging to the keeper.
However, at the end of the fifth over, he bowled a variation to the batsman and immediately felt his left hamstring.
Gus Atkinson was brought back for the Melbourne match following his omission the Adelaide game.
