England have been hit by a spate of injuries to senior players but should still be too strong for Kazakhstan in their World Cup Group Six qualifier on Saturday (June 6).
A confident Wayne Rooney on Thursday (June 4) said the team was ready for the game and were not worried by the hot and dry weather in the Kazakh capital.
"Yes, I think so, I think it is a small factor really. I think, the main thing is that we go out there and do our job, and you know, we are prepared for them and you kn Read more

England have been hit by a spate of injuries to senior players but should still be too strong for Kazakhstan in their World Cup Group Six qualifier on Saturday (June 6).
A confident Wayne Rooney on Thursday (June 4) said the team was ready for the game and were not worried by the hot and dry weather in the Kazakh capital.
"Yes, I think so, I think it is a small factor really. I think, the main thing is that we go out there and do our job, and you know, we are prepared for them and you know, play they way we can do and I am sure we will be OK," Rooney told a press conference in Almaty.
England arrived in the Kazakh capital Astana on Wednesday without first-choice goalkeeper David James, centre back Rio Ferdinand and midfielder Michael Carrick.
A number of others, including wingers Aaron Lennon, Shaun Wright-Phillips and Stewart Downing, and defender Phil Jagielka, were also missing because of injuries.
Manager Fabio Capello though, still has plenty of options as group leaders England bid for a sixth successive qualifying victory against a side who are second from bottom in the standings.
England defeated Kazakhstan 5-1 at Wembley last October, but were made to work hard for the victory until taking the lead early in the second half.
"We know exactly how Kazakhstan play, I think we played them at Wembley and we weren't at our best in that game, particulary in the first half and I think at times Kazakhstan put us under pressure, they've got a really hard work right and I think they are very organised," midfielder Frank Lampard said.
Kazakhstan have one win from their five matches -- a 3-0 victory against bottom-placed Andorra.
They have lost their last four qualifiers conceding 16 goals in the process, including a 5-1 home defeat to Belarus in April.
England face Andorra next week at Wembley and back-to-back victories will take them to within three points of qualification for next year's finals in South Africa.
Possible teams: Kazakhstan: David Loriya; Renat Abdulin, Alexandr Kislitsyn, Yuriy Logvinenko, Farkhadbek Irismetov, Samat Smakov; Andrey Karpovich, Ruslan Baltiyev; Zhambyl Kukeyev; Tanat Nusserbayev, Sergey Ostapenko England: Robert Green; Ashley Cole, Matthew Upson, John Terry, Glen Johnson; Gareth Barry, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, Ashley Young; Wayne Rooney, Peter Crouch Referee: to be announced Close