Paceman Gus Atkinson Compounds the English team's Injury Problems.
'Serious blow' for the touring side after Atkinson leaves the field with a hamstring injury.
The English seamer added to the fitness woes of the England squad after leaving the playing area during Saturday's play of the fourth Ashes Test versus the Australians.
The right-arm seamer felt a problem in his hamstring after the final ball that he bowled at the MCG.
Team management reported the 27-year-old felt some "soreness" and would spend time on the sidelines in order to be assessed "over the next few hours".
The final Test of the tour beginning on 4 January starts at the end of the week.
The English side has previously lost fast bowlers one seamer to a knee injury and Jofra Archer with an abdominal strain on this Ashes tour.
A replacement bowler was added to the party as injury reinforcement.
Atkinson struggled during the first two matches, managing only three wickets.
He was dropped for the Adelaide match, before being recalled for the Melbourne Test to fill the void.
The county bowler performed better in the fourth Test, taking two wickets during the host's first knock, then making 28 as a batsman among just a trio of teammates who passed ten runs.
Following a brief spell at the end of day one, he came back the next day and had nightwatchman Scott Boland caught behind.
Yet, at the end of the fifth over, he bowled a variation to Travis Head and immediately felt at his leg.
The English bowler returned to the side for the Boxing Day Test following his omission the Adelaide game.