England player ratings vs New Zealand with one 8/10 as Henderson impresses

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Just 11 days before their first Group L opener against Croatia in Texas, Thomas Tuchel selected two entirely different line-ups in each half against the All Whites as he gets his 26-man squad conditioned for the United States heat and humidity.Tuchel benched some big names for the XI that played in the first half. And captain Harry Kane finally supplied the first goal of the match in stoppage time after a slow-paced first 45 minutes in Tampa.

Read our Privacy PolicyExpress Sport rates and slates England's first-half team...England first-half player ratings vs New ZealandJordan Pickford - 6An 83rd cap for the Everton No.1 and a 44th clean sheet, if you can count 45 minutes as a clean sheet. His first ever assist for the Three Lions.Harry Kane captained England in the first half against New Zealand (Image: Getty)The full England team that played the first 45 minutes in Tampa, Florida (Image: Getty)Jordan Henderson - 7The 35-year-old completed more passes than anybody else and looked good.

Was England's most threatening forward, also setting up Kane for a header that was saved and lashing one left-footed shot wide. Finally broke the deadlock in first-half stoppage time when flicking in Spence's cross for his record-extending 79th England goal.