Paceman Atkinson Compounds the English team's Fitness Worries.
'Major setback' for the touring side after Atkinson is forced off suffering a hamstring problem.
The English seamer further complicated the injury concerns plaguing England when he left the ground early on day two in the Melbourne Test in the Ashes series.
The pace bowler felt a problem in his hamstring after the final ball in his spell during the morning session.
The touring camp indicated the 27-year-old had experienced "tightness" and was to take time off the field to undergo evaluation "in the coming hours".
The series decider of the tour beginning on 4 January begins at the end of the week.
The visitors have previously lost key quicks one seamer due to knee trouble and another paceman because of a side injury on the current trip.
A replacement bowler was added to the party as injury reinforcement.
His form was underwhelming during the first two matches, managing only a handful of scalps.
He was omitted for the Adelaide match, before being recalled for the Boxing Day match in the playing XI.
The county bowler showed better form in Melbourne, bagging two scalps with the ball, then making 28 while batting among just a trio of England players who passed ten runs.
Following a brief spell in Australia's second innings, he came back for the second day's play and dismissed the nightwatchman taken by the wicketkeeper.
Unfortunately, on the final ball of that over, he bowled a change of pace to the batsman and promptly felt his left hamstring.
Gus Atkinson returned to the side for the Boxing Day Test having missed the Adelaide game.
