Crouch fires Fab double to wake up Capello.

Byline: Ed Casey 

England 3

Belarus 0

PETER CROUCH burst from cold storage last night and reminded Fabio Capello he shouldn't be stuck at home when the party starts in South Africa next summer.

Until last night, the Spurs striker hadn't started a game in England's World Cup campaign but when Capello gave him the nod for the final qualifier, Crouch grabbed the chance to thrillWembley.

The towering hitman rattled Belarus with the opener in four minutes and struck again in the second half.

In between, Shaun Wright-Phillips got his name on the scoresheet.

Crouch said: "Whenever I come in I do a job and don't let anyone down - if I continue to do that hopefully I'll get a game."

But Capello didn't hand out prizes, insisting England's possession was poor.

He said: "I'm not happy because we had to wait too many times to win back the ball. Some players did well but I don't like to speak about a single player, I like to speak about the team."

In four minutes Gareth Barry's pass was latched on to by Gabriel Agbonlahor and he picked out the run into the box of Crouch who scrambled the ball in despite the presence of Sergei Sosnovsky.

David Beckham came on for Aaron Lennon in 58 minutes and two minutes later he set up Wright-Phillips.

Beckham's short corner found the winger in space on the edge of the box and he buried a low shot in the net.

Crouch bagged his second with 14 minutes left to take his England tally to 18 in 35 appearances - and 16 in 17 starts.

Carlton Cole's shot was parried by the keeper and Crouch tucked away the loose ball.

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CROUCHING TIGER: Crouch hits his second goal