2 hours ago England look Ghana successful their 2nd radical crippled connected 23 June astatine 21:00 BST.
Bayern Munich's Kane gave England the pb with a retaken punishment aboriginal successful the archetypal half, earlier scoring a almighty header to reconstruct his side's pb 3 minutes earlier the break.
"I'm perfectly delighted that Kane equalled my record," Lineker continued. "His all-round crippled is, for me, what separates him from each the others."
Kane's standout show comes aft Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick for Argentina against Algeria, Kylian Mbappe opened his relationship for France with 2 goals successful the triumph implicit Senegal and Manchester City's Erling Haaland besides scored a brace successful Norway's triumph against Iran.
Lineker's co-host Alan Shearer, who scored 30 goals for England including 2 astatine the 1998 World Cup, said: "Harry Kane has seen Messi, Mbappe and Haaland each travel connected consecutive distant and get the goals.
"It's lone a substance of clip earlier helium breaks your record."
Manchester United defender Harry Maguire, who was near retired of England brag Thomas Tuchel's squad for this summer's tournament, said Kane is not conscionable the Three Lions' champion player, he's "one of the champion players successful the world".
He added: "You can't talk highly capable of him. On the pitch, he's unbelievable, but, disconnected the pitch, he's a monolithic leader."
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