Tottenham striker Harry Kane should start ahead of Leicester's Jamie Vardy for England at Euro 2016, according to Teddy Sheringham.

The Spurs forward scored 25 Premier League goals to win the Golden Boot ahead of his compatriot this season and the duo are vying to lead the Three Lions' line in France.

Roy Hodgson is yet to settle on a preferred line-up ahead of the tournament and opted to use Kane rather than Vardy in last week's warm-up friendly against Turkey before moving the Leicester striker into a central role in the latter stages of the game.

Marcus Rashford is expected to be handed a chance to prove his worth during tonight's clash with Australia but Sheringham is adamant Kane deserves to be deployed as the nation's attacking focal point this summer.

"It makes more sense to play Harry Kane with Wayne Rooney in behind and leave Jamie Vardy on the bench for England," he told Paddy Power.

"That’s not the Tottenham bias in me either - Kane has more to his game than Vardy.

"If you assess everything that Kane and Vardy can both do - they can both run the channels, they can both score from long distance, and they both get goals with their right foot.

"However, Kane is better on his left foot, Kane is better in the air, and Kane is better at receiving the ball.

"Vardy’s pace is probably exceptional and that makes him different, but Kane has something more to his game and at international level you need that," Sheringham added.

Kane was accused of becoming a one-season wonder after a slow start to the season at White Hart Lane but Sheringham believes critics can help spur the 22-year-old on to new heights.

"People wrote me off all my career - they said I was too slow to move to the next level. That was my motivation.

"At every level I played at, I used that to drive me on. Kane’s attitude is right.

"He knows he can play the game and he knows he can score goals. The motivation is to silence the critics who said you couldn’t," insisted the former England striker.