Seamer Gus Atkinson Compounds the English team's Fitness Concerns.
'Major setback' for the touring side as Atkinson is forced off due to a hamstring issue.
The pace bowler added to the fitness woes of the England squad after leaving the playing area on the second morning of the Boxing Day Test in the Ashes series.
The right-arm seamer felt a problem in his hamstring post-delivery of the fourth over at the MCG.
Team management stated Atkinson reported "discomfort" and was to take time away from the action to undergo evaluation "over the next few hours".
The final Test of the tour beginning on 4 January begins this coming Sunday.
England have already lost key quicks Mark Wood to a knee injury and another paceman with an abdominal strain on this Ashes tour.
A replacement bowler was called up as injury reinforcement.
His form was underwhelming during the first two matches, managing only a handful of scalps.
He was dropped for the Adelaide match, before being recalled for the fourth Test as Archer's replacement.
Atkinson performed better in the fourth Test, claiming a couple of wickets in Australia's first innings, then making 28 with the bat as one of just three English batsmen who passed ten runs.
After bowling one over late on the first day, he came back the next day and dismissed the nightwatchman Scott Boland caught behind.
However, towards the conclusion of the fifth over, he delivered a variation to Travis Head and immediately felt his left hamstring.
The English bowler was recalled for the fourth Ashes Test having missed the Adelaide game.