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

England captain Harry Kane poached a late double as his side completed a record-setting World Cup qualification campaign with a hard-earned 2-0 victory away to Albania in Group K on Sunday.

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Harry Kane came away with a brace as England edged out an uninspiring 2-0 win over Albania in Tirana. The Three Lions were heavily rotated for this, their final World Cup qualifier and their last match of 2025,

England have enlisted the help of former New Zealand All Blacks mental skills coach Gilbert Enoka, who first started working with Ben Stokes' side during the summer. "There is more weight on that moment and we just want people to free themselves from the tension," he told BBC Radio 4 about he is helping players prepare for the opening moment.