Paceman Atkinson Compounds the English team's Fitness Worries.

Gus Atkinson further complicated England's injury problems upon exiting the field on the second morning in the Melbourne Test against Australia.

The right-arm seamer felt a problem in his left leg post-delivery in his spell on Saturday.

The England team reported the 27-year-old reported "discomfort" and required time on the sidelines to undergo evaluation "over the next few hours".

The series decider of the tour beginning on 4 January gets underway on Sunday, 4 January.

England have been without fast bowlers one seamer due to knee trouble and Jofra Archer because of a side injury during this series.

A replacement bowler was brought into the squad as cover for Wood.

Atkinson struggled in the opening two Tests, managing only three wickets.

He was omitted for the Adelaide match, only to be brought back for the Melbourne Test in the playing XI.

Atkinson improved at the MCG, bagging two scalps during the host's first knock, and scoring 28 runs as a batsman as one of just three teammates to get into double digits.

After bowling one over late on the first day, he returned the next day and removed Scott Boland taken by the wicketkeeper.

Yet, towards the conclusion of the fifth over, he delivered a change of pace to the batsman and promptly felt his left hamstring.