England are optimistic left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone will be available for their Women's World Cup semi-final against South Africa on Wednesday.

The world's top-ranked ODI bowler landed awkwardly on her left shoulder as she tried to stop a boundary from just the second ball of England's win over New Zealand in their final group game on Sunday.

After leaving the field for treatment, Ecclestone returned and came on to bowl but, despite taking a wicket, she sent down just four deliveries in Visakhapatnam before withdrawing herself from the attack.

Following an assessment, it has been determined she has a slight injury to her sternoclavicular joint, which is at the inner end of the collarbone and connects to the breastbone at the base of the neck.

With just three days in between games

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