Fast bowler Atkinson Exacerbates England's Injury Concerns.
'Serious blow' for the touring side after Atkinson leaves the field due to a hamstring issue.
The English seamer further complicated the injury concerns plaguing England when he left the field during Saturday's play of the Boxing Day Test in the Ashes series.
Atkinson pulled up with his left leg immediately following a delivery in his spell on Saturday.
Team management reported the 27-year-old reported "discomfort" and would spend time on the sidelines to undergo evaluation "in the coming hours".
The final Test of the series in Sydney begins at the end of the week.
The English side has already lost strike bowlers one seamer due to knee trouble and another paceman because of a side injury on this Ashes tour.
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 dropped for the Adelaide match, then recalled for the fourth Test as Archer's replacement.
Atkinson improved at the MCG, claiming a couple of wickets in Australia's first innings, before adding 28 while batting among just a trio of English batsmen to reach double figures.
Following a brief spell late on the first day, he came back for the second day's play and dismissed the nightwatchman taken by the wicketkeeper.
Yet, towards the conclusion of the fifth over, he sent down a variation to the batsman and promptly felt at his leg.
Atkinson was recalled for the Melbourne match having missed of the third.
