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The English seamer further complicated the injury concerns plaguing England when he left the ground on the second morning of the Boxing Day Test in the Ashes series.

The pace bowler pulled up with his hamstring immediately following a delivery of the fourth over during the morning session.

Team management reported the 27-year-old felt some "soreness" and required time on the sidelines in order to be assessed "over the next few hours".

The series decider of the series in Sydney starts at the end of the week.

The visitors have previously lost fast bowlers one seamer due to knee trouble and another paceman to a side strain on the current trip.

Matthew Fisher was brought into the squad as injury reinforcement.

His form was underwhelming in the opening two Tests, claiming a mere a handful of scalps.

He was omitted from the previous Test, only to be brought back for the Boxing Day match as Archer's replacement.

Surrey's Atkinson performed better in the fourth Test, taking two wickets in Australia's first innings, and scoring 28 runs with the bat among just a trio of England players to reach double figures.

Post a single over at the end of day one, he returned the next day and removed Scott Boland taken by the wicketkeeper.

Unfortunately, towards the conclusion of his spell, he delivered a change of pace to Travis Head and suddenly grabbed his left hamstring.