Peter Crouch hopes he has given coach Fabio Capello food for thought after stepping up his claims for a World Cup starting spot with two goals to help defeat Egypt 3-1 at Wembley.
The Tottenham striker took his goal tally for his country to 20 in 37 games after replacing club-mate Jermaine Defoe at half-time when England trailed to Mohamed Zidan's opener. And Crouch is hopeful that will help him secure a spot on the plane to South Africa.
"Anyone who plays for England is going to feel under pressure, certainly in a World Cup year," he told ITV1.
"You can only try to do your best and I did. Its up to the manager. All you've got to do when given your chance is try and take it and I've given the manager something to think about."
Egypt went in at the break ahead before Crouch's brace. Shaun Wright-Phillips also hit the target as England recovered from a poor first-half performance to run out comfortable winners.
Stand-in captain Steven Gerrard put their recovery down to team spirit.
"You've got to give credit to Egypt, they played very well in the first half," he said. "We never converted chances we had. So I think we were unfortunate to come in 1-0 down.
"But we showed good character and togetherness to get back in it and go on to win it.
"We were a bit individual in the first half. But we pressed lot more in the second."
