England secured their place at the World Cup next year with a 100 per cent record in qualification while not conceding a single goal. Now the battle is on to get in Thomas Tuchel’s squad for the tournament in North America.

Fast bowler Scott Boland identifies Joe Root as the England player Australia need to keep quiet in the Ashes series.

Perfect England is heading to the World Cup with a 100% qualifying record. A 2-0 win against Albania made it eight wins from eight for Thomas Tuchel’s team, which also booked its place in next year’s tournament without conceding a goal.

England’s best move of a poor first half was a surging one-two between Bellingham and Kane that ended with Bowen shooting at Thomas Strakosha. In the second half, restored to a conventional No 10 role, Bellingham looked much better.

Australia legend Glenn McGrath has suggested England's attacking batters may struggle down under for one very simple reason: the grounds are much, much bigger out there. McGrath, writing in his BBC Sport column, said: "How will England play Bazball on the big Australian grounds? English grounds are smaller.

Harry Kane believes England's blistering qualification campaign has shown what Thomas Tuchel's World Cup contenders are capable of.

LONDON (AP) — England defeated New Zealand for the first time at Twickenham in 13 years, winning 33-19 to end the All Blacks’ Grand Slam hopes on Saturday. England was behind 12-0 early but rallied impressively with 25 straight points and 33 of the last 40 for a crushing milestone result.

Among the most pertinent lessons from England’s 10-match run of successive Test victories is this: Steve Borthwick does not mind if things seem unconventional, as long as they are effective.