Kane was the first to test Arlauskis on a bitterly cold night in Lithuania, cutting inside from the left flank and drilling a low shot that was palmed wide.
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And he conceded England will probably have a better idea of what their realistic ambitions should be in the finals once those matches have been played.
England completed their stroll to Euro 2016 with a 3-0 win over Lithuania on Monday night.
But it was Oxlade-Chamberlain who had the last word when he took Walker s pass and fired into the roof of the net in the 62nd minute.
Roy Hodgson basking in the glory of the England reserves.
The skirmishes started before kick-off when the England fans who had bought tickets in the home end, clashed with their Lithuania counterparts. That meant Lithuanians and English supporters mixed in the same stand and that spelled trouble.
Ings struck a powerful shot towards goal as he looked to mark his debut in style, but Arlauskis was equal to it as England concluded qualifying with 31 goals scored in the group and only three conceded.
Harry Kane, his breath visible in the chilly air, was eager to make the most of a surprise start.
England s pressure was rewarded in the 29th minute when Barkley took possession 20 yards from goal, cut inside his marker and, from a central position, unloaded a fierce strike that took a deflection off Tomas Mikuckis s back and looped past Arlauskis.
It is a match the 33-year-old approaches buoyed by back-to-back England wins in which team-mate Ross Barkley shone, following-up his man-of-the-match display against Estonia with a goal and another impressive display in Lithuania.
“I never doubted him”. Ross Barkley and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain were both on target for Roy Hodgson’s side on a fast artificial surface at the LFF Stadium in Vilnius, scoring either side of an unfortunate own goal from Watford goalkeeper Giedrius Arlauskis.
“I can’t fault anyone tonight: a good performance, dominant, and a nice way to end the qualifying campaign”. We have chose a few really tough friendlies.
But we need to go out and play well and use the formula and gameplans we have been putting together during this qualifying campaign, and see how it stacks up against the so-called better teams of Europe.
But Jagielka believes the new plyers coming in have certainly made an impact and will make the manager’s job of selecting a 23-man squad for France next summer a very hard task.
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“But if you get into the team it’s going to be hard games to try and prove yourselves”.
