England World Cup auditions: Rooney and Wilshere to play

Lampard will captain England as reserves get run out, but two big guns must show what they can do

Wayne Rooney and Jack Wilshere of England

England face Ecuador this evening in their penultimate warm-up match before the World Cup opener against Italy on Saturday week.

Having eased past Peru on Friday, beating them 3-0 at Wembley, manager Roy Hodgson will be hoping for more of the same when the Three Lions play Ecuador in Miami's Sun Life Stadium.

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Bill Mann is a football correspondent for The Week.co.uk, scouring the world's football press daily for the popular Transfer Talk column.