Highs and lows ... from left to right, Nikola Zigic, Serbia, 6ft 8 (2.03m); Peter Crouch, England 6ft 7 (2.01m); Kostas Chalkias, Greece, 6ft 6½ (2.00m); Per Mertesacker, Germany, 6ft 6 (1.98m); Kanu, Nigeria, 6ft 5½ (1.97m); Steven Gerrard, England, 6ft (1.83m); Arthur Boka, Ivory Coast, 5ft 5½ (1.66m); Shaun Wright-Phillips, England, 5ft 5½ (1.66m); Aaron Lennon, England, 5ft 5 (1.65m); Bakari Kone, Ivory Coast, 5ft 4 (1.63m); Sinha, Mexico, 5ft 4 (1.63m)
ENGLAND's little and large act look odd on the pitch - but proved World Cup glory is no tall order.
Goals ... Peter Crouch and Shaun Wright-Phillips
Towering Peter Crouch and tiny Shaun Wright-Phillips shared our three goals in the friendly against Egypt on Wednesday.
At 6ft 7in, Crouchy is more than a foot taller than his equally agile ally.
Yet neither the lanky Spurs forward nor the vertically challenged Manchester City winger will be at the top or bottom of the league of lofty - and little - World Cup players.
Needing the most leg room on the flight to South Africa is soaring Serb striker Nikola Zigic, who is an inch taller than Crouch.
Tied for smallest stars, at 5ft 4in, are Mexican António Naélson Matias, known as Sinha, and Ivory Coast striker Bakari Koné.
Bang in the middle of the size-mic chart is Liverpool's England ace Steven Gerrard, at 6ft.
And while Crouchy tops the England squad's tallest tally, Spurs winger Aaron Lennon is our shortest - half an inch smaller than SWP.
Here GRANT ROLLINGS takes a look at the highs and lows of World Cup 2010.
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