Capt: Alan Mullery, first and only captaincy: Manager: Sir Alfred Ernest Ramsey, 51 (22 January 1920), appointed 25 October 1962, effective part-time 31 December, full from May 1963. Harry Kane scored twice as a late flurry of goals gave an England a 4-0 win in Malta in World Cup 2018 European Qualifying on Friday night. England finish with a flourish to maintain their lead at the top of Group F.Kane grabs his second of the match has he has plenty of time and space following a deep cross from Rashford and he calmly finishes past Hogg to make it 4-0.Kane crosses from deep and Welbeck gets to the ball before the 'keeper and prods in to make it 3-0.A neat flick from Welbeck sets up Kyle Walker but the full-back shoots across the face of goal.Ryan Bertrand releases a shot from outside the box into the bottom corner of the goal, just out of Hogg's reach.A long-range effort from Marcus Rashford stings the palms of the Malta goalkeeper.Danny Welbeck comes on in place for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.Rashford crosses for Vardy, who stabs towards goal from a narrow angle but his effort is just wide.After the opener the home side haven't changed their defensive gameplan, meaning the game has been fairly uneventful since Kane opened the scoring.Magri cuts in from the right and releases a shot from outside the box ball goes wide.Alli shifts past a few players on the edge of the box, before threading through for Kane who lashes the ball low into the corner for the opener.Schembri fizzes an effort just wide of the post from the edge of the box.Malta get the ball rolling to begin the second half.Marcus Rashford replaces Raheem Sterling ahead of the second half.The England players are out first here as they are keen to get the game back underway.After a positive start from England, Malta managed to keep the visitors at bay as the sides go in level at half-time.The away side have had 80% of the ball during this first half but are yet to make that dominance count against a stubborn Malta defence as we move towards half time.Henderson swings a free-kick in from the left towards Kane, but Malta clear it behind.England bundle the ball home from a corner - Phil Jones with the final touch - but a foul is given for a push on the goalkeeper.20 minutes in here and although the visitors have had pretty much all of the ball, they haven't broken the deadlock yet, with Malta's five-man defence difficult to break down.Henderson sends a low cross into the box but Alli blasts over from close range.The visitors have started brightly here with 63% possession in the opening minutes and have already forced the Malta 'keeper into a brilliant save.Alli crosses in for Kane, who directs a powerful header towards goal, but Hogg gets down low to keep the scores level.Fenech shoots from outside the area but the shot goes high and wide of Joe Hart's goal.Kane threads the ball through to Sterling who take a touch but the Malta goalkeeper is out to pick the ball from his feet.With a 5-3-2 formation it's clear the hosts have set up to frustrate England, we'll see if the plan comes to fruition.The national anthems are well under-way here at the Ta'Qali National Stadium as we await kick-off.England will be looking to extend their lead in Group F whilst the hosts will try to pick up their first points of the qualifying campaign.Malta starting XI: Hogg; Zerafa, Magri, Agius, Muscat, Borg; Fenech, Kristensen, Pisani; Schembri, FarrugiaSubs: Muscat, Failla, Fenech, Mifsud, Gambin, Bonello, Borg, Camilleri, JohnsonEngland starting XI: Hart; Bertrand, Jones, Cahill, Walker; Livermore, Henderson; Oxlade-Chamberlain, Alli, Sterling; KaneSubs: Butland, Smalling, Cresswell, Keane, Stones, Chalobah, Defoe, Sturridge, Welbeck, Vardy, Rashford, HeatonLive updates of the World Cup qualifier between Malta and England at the Ta'Qali National Stadium.Official lineups of the World Cup qualifier between Malta and England.
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