The struggling England women's team suffered a big blow to their hopes of preventing a clean sweep by India in the ODI series after all-rounder Sophie Ecclestone was ruled out of the last match due to a fractured hand. The third and final ODI is to be held here at the Wankhede Stadium Thursday. Nineteen-year-old Ecclestone, a right-handed batter and slow left-arm orthodox bowler, sustained the injury during warm-up ahead of the second ODI played here Monday.

"Sophie Ecclestone has fractured the fifth metacarpal on her right hand and will fly home from England women's tour of India. "Ecclestone sustained the injury in the warm-up ahead of Monday's second ODI," England team management said in a media statement Tuesday. In the first ODI, she had contributed with the ball picking two wickets and conceding 27 runs, while she remained wicket-less in the second match. She was able to score just 5 runs from both the games.