Phil Jagielka is determined to lead England to victory in his first game as captain.

The Everton skipper has received the Three Lions armband from manager Roy Hodgson after Chelsea's Gary Cahill was released from the squad after captaining the team in Friday night's 2-0 win over Estonia at Wembley.

With Wayne Rooney also sidelined, Jagielka is the man to lead England against Lithuania in Vilnius on Monday night and has insisted that he is desperate to help his country win a 10th straight qualifying match.

"I'm obviously delighted that Roy came and found me and broke the news. It's a great honour for me personally.

"We've got a big task ahead of us tomorrow and it's something we can be proud of. We started this campaign a while ago and the job was to try to win every single game.

"Normally you say that and probably not a lot of people expect you to do so but we've got some great performances along the way.

"It's nice that tomorrow night we'll hopefully have the opportunity to do so but we know it's going to be a difficult game.

"With a few of the boys going [home] and a few of us getting a bit of an opportunity, whether you've got caps or not, these are the opportunities you want.

"The squad is strong. It's up to us who get the chance tomorrow to go and prove ourselves and put a performance on."