Harry Kane first Englishman to score World Cup hat-trick since 1986

Harry Kane and England's impressive show in the World Cup continued on Sunday. Riding on Kane's hat-trick, England hammered Panama 6-1 in their second Group G fixture of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

John Stones scored a brace and Jesse Lingard got one too to complete England's rout of Panama.

This was the first time the Three Lions had scored five plus goals in a World Cup fixture ever. Previous top scoring matches were the 1966 final against Germany that England won 4-2 and against Belgium in 1954 when they match ended in a 4-4 tie.

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This is only the fifth time in World Cup history that a team has scored five plus goals in the first half of a match. The last time it happened was in Brazil, when Germany hammered the hosts 7-1 in the 2014 semi-final at the Mineirao.

The former champions had a 5-0 lead going into the first half. Kane scored two goals from the spot while Stones scored his brace from two headers. Lingard's goal was one of the most sweetly struck goals in this World Cup so far.

This was England's biggest-ever victory in a World Cup match (Reuters Photo)

With five goals down already, the second half started slowly as expected until Kane got a hat-trick in the most unusual way possible in the 62nd minute of the match before being replaced by Jamie Vardy. Ruben Loftus-Cheek unleashed a low shot from the edge of the box and the ball looped inside the goal over the goalkeeper to give the Tottenham striker his third goal of the match and the last goal overall.

With the 6-1 win, England are now on top of Group G with six points and a goal difference of seven. Gareth Southgate's men will join Belgium from the group in the last 16 and the winner of their match will top the group.

This was also England's biggest-ever World Cup victory and the second most number of goals scored in a World Cup. The Three Lions had scored 11 goals in the 1966 World Cup.