Report: Tottenham player has barely been sprinting at the World Cup, has the lowest total on his side

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Tottenham talisman Harry Kane has been keeping his number of sprints to a minimum at the World Cup for England so far.

The Telegraph have reported on the physical data they have obtained from FIFA and say it is the same as what Gareth Southgate will be fed through.

They say that Phil Foden sprinted more in his first start of the tournament against Wales than Kane has after starting all three games.

Marcus Rashford, Bukayo Saka and Raheem Sterling have all sprinted more than Kane, despite the latter two being unused substitutes on Tuesday night.

Kane making sprints at a premium during World Cup

The stats read: Shots (on target): Kane 4 (0), Rashford 9 (6), Sterling 1 (1), Saka 4 (3), Foden 5 (1).

Sprints: Kane 69, Rashford 77, Sterling 89, Saka 89, Foden 93.

Crosses (completed): Kane 4 (2), Rashford 2 (0), Sterling 0, Saka 2 (1), Foden 8 (3).

Kane did not score in the group stage of Euro 2020 before finding the net in every knockout match apart from the final defeat to Italy.

Even then, he netted his shootout penalty, and really came to life when the expectation stepped up and big performances were required.

The stats show he is dropping deeper to offer more as a provider in this World Cup, but he will be desperate to get on the scoresheet and what better time to do it than against Senegal on Sunday?