Kane now England’s sixth top scorer, eclipsing Shearer, Lofthouse and Finney with quickfire hat-trick in 1,000th game

HARRY KANE became England's sixth top scorer, eclipsing Alan Shearer, Nat Lofthouse and Tom Finney during his nation's historic 1,000th game.

The Tottenham man, 26, scored a quickfire hat-trick - his 29th, 30th and 31st goals for his country - as the Three Lions roared to a 5-0 lead in the first-half.

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In doing so Kane leapfrogged three national icons - and is now just nine goals behind Michael Owen in fifth place.

There were plenty of frustrated fans ahead of kick-off with Gareth Southgate leaving out the likes of in-form Tammy Abraham and James Maddison.

But it was Oxlade-Chamberlain - preferred to the Leicester playmaker - who got England off to a flyer with a thumping low effort to make it 1-0.

Kane then scored two headed efforts in just six minutes - both from Ben Chilwell crosses - as the Three Lions all-but booked their spot at Euro 2020.

It got even better 13 minutes later as Marcus Rashford scored a lovely, composed effort to make it 4-0.

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And Kane completed his hat-trick with a smart touch and tap-in to make it 5-0 before the referee had even blown for half-time.

It was just rewards for Southgate who was already forced to make changes with Jordan Henderson suspended and Raheem Sterling banned for his scrap with Joe Gomez.

But his bold, youthful selection proved a masterstroke as the energetic XI wiped the floor with a demoralised Montenegro.