Fast bowler Gus Atkinson Compounds the English team's Injury Worries.
'Serious blow' for the English camp after Atkinson is forced off due to a hamstring issue.
The English seamer added to England's injury problems after leaving the field early on day two of the Boxing Day Test versus the Australians.
The pace bowler experienced discomfort in his left hamstring post-delivery in his spell on Saturday.
The England team stated the 27-year-old had experienced "tightness" and would spend time away from the action to undergo evaluation "in the coming hours".
The concluding match of the series at the SCG starts on Sunday, 4 January.
The English side has already lost strike bowlers one seamer to a knee injury and another paceman with an abdominal strain on the current trip.
A replacement bowler was brought into the squad as cover for Wood.
His form was underwhelming during the first two matches, claiming a mere a handful of scalps.
He was dropped of the third Test, only to be brought back for the fourth Test as Archer's replacement.
Surrey's Atkinson performed better in the fourth Test, claiming a couple of wickets with the ball, before adding 28 while batting among just a trio of English batsmen to get into double digits.
Following a brief spell at the end of day one, he came back the next day and had nightwatchman edging to the keeper.
Unfortunately, towards the conclusion of that over, he sent down a slower ball to the batsman and immediately felt for his hamstring.
The English bowler was recalled for the Boxing Day Test having missed the previous Test.
