Seamer Gus Atkinson Compounds England's Injury Worries.
'Major setback' for England as Atkinson goes off with a hamstring injury.
The English seamer further complicated England's injury problems when he left the ground during Saturday's play of the fourth Ashes Test in the Ashes series.
The right-arm seamer experienced discomfort in his hamstring after the final ball that he bowled during the morning session.
Team management indicated the 27-year-old had experienced "tightness" and was to take time on the sidelines to undergo evaluation "during the day".
The concluding match of the series beginning on 4 January gets underway at the end of the week.
The visitors have previously lost key quicks one seamer with a knee problem and Jofra Archer with an abdominal strain on this Ashes tour.
A replacement bowler was brought into the squad as cover for Wood.
Atkinson struggled in the opening two Tests, claiming a mere three wickets.
He was omitted from the previous Test, only to be brought back for the fourth Test to fill the void.
Atkinson performed better in the fourth Test, taking two wickets during the host's first knock, and scoring 28 runs while batting being one of only three English batsmen who passed ten runs.
Post a single over in Australia's second innings, he resumed for the second day's play and dismissed the nightwatchman Scott Boland caught behind.
Yet, at the end of that over, he bowled a variation to Travis Head and immediately felt for his hamstring.
Gus Atkinson was brought back for the Boxing Day Test after being left out the previous Test.