London, June 5 -- England are hopeful Sophie Ecclestone will be fit for this summer's series against India despite the spinner suffering a new injury.
Ecclestone was withdrawn from Lancashire's T20 defeat by Hampshire on Tuesday because of a quad problem.
The severity of the injury will be assessed in the coming days.
The 26-year-old had already been left out of the ongoing series against West Indies as part of her recovery from a knee injury.
England insisted Ecclestone's omission from the squad, the first chosen by head coach Charlotte Edwards, was not related to the controversy that overshadowed an awful Ashes tour of Australia earlier this year.
During England's 16-0 series defeat Ecclestone refused to take part in a TV interview c...