Cahill joins Matthew Upson and Joleon Lescott as the players vying for a place alongside skipper John Terry.
Chelsea and England captain John Terry and Everton defender Joleon Lescott also remain high on the club's wish-list.
He soon made his presence felt too, providing an emphatic first-time finish when Joleon Lescott flicked Lampard's free-kick into his path.
Three confirmed absentees through injury are Everton defender Joleon Lescott, Manchester City's Micah Richards and West Ham's Matthew Upson.
Three minutes later, City made it 2-0 when Joleon Lescott bundled a corner into the back of the Tottenham net.
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The Chelsea left-back fell awkwardly after he and substitute Joleon Lescott, on for Ferdinand, clumsily dealt with a rare Estonia attack.
James Milner smashed in a 25-yard free-kick before Gareth Barry completed the comeback from the spot after Joleon Lescott had fouled Stiliyan Petrov.
Samir Nasri rescued a point for France in Donetsk after his Manchester City team-mate Joleon Lescott had fired England into a first-half lead.
Slovenia scored a deserved consolation goal as Zlatan Ljubijankic got in front of substitute Joleon Lescott to head home in the 85th minute.
Stephen Warnock's long ball dropped behind Joleon Lescott, and Santa Cruz slid a simple finish past Howard as Everton appealed in vain for offside.
Manchester City defender Joleon Lescott was greeting the officials on his way off the pitch Sunday when one of the linesmen offered him a suggestion.
There had been speculation surrounding Dunne's future at City following the arrival of defenders Joleon Lescott from Everton and Kolo Toure from Arsenal in big-money deals.
Defender Joleon Lescott is the latest to be linked with a big-money move away from Goodison Park, with Manchester City rumoured to be preparing a bid.
Russia had plenty of possession in the early exchanges but England's revamped defence, with Everton's Joleon Lescott in for injured Ashley Cole, protected keeper Paul Robinson.
But it was Everton who dominated in terms of chances, with Joleon Lescott hitting a post and Louis Saha and Tim Cahill wasteful in front of goal.
Everton captain Phil Neville is out with knee ligament damage for three months, Phil Jagielka is out until November, and Joleon Lescott has moved to Manchester City.
First, Samir Nasri's emphatic finish from Silva's pass on 56 minutes gave City the lead before Joleon Lescott bundled a corner into the net three minutes later.
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City might even have led at the break after a Bellamy free-kick deep in injury time was met by an unmarked Joleon Lescott but the defender headed wide.
Taylor has reportedly been a target this summer for both Aston Villa and Everton, the latter particularly in the wake of the sale of Joleon Lescott to Manchester City.
Everton shrugged off a 6-1 thrashing by Arsenal at the weekend and the furor surrounding defender Joleon Lescott, who was rested, to beat Sigma Olomouc 4-0 at Goodison Park.
Hughes is still interested in signing England defender John Terry, despite Chelsea saying their captain is not for sale, while Everton have rejected City's bid for center-back Joleon Lescott.
Portsmouth almost snatched it with five minutes to go when Howard palmed out Diop's shot, but Joleon Lescott's tackle halted substitute Kanu as he attempted to pounce on the loose ball.
With doubts over the fitness of Rio Ferdinand, and Wes Brown and Joleon Lescott ruled out through injury, Capello and assistant Franco Baldini managed to persuade Carragher into reversing his decision.
Mancini responded to City's fast-crumbling performance by bringing on Adebayor for Joleon Lescott, who seemed to be the subject of much of the Italian's ire after a shaky display at left-back.
Both Joleon Lescott and Shaun Wright-Phillips had been guilty of wasting final passes and Jo of failing to outmuscle his marker while through on goal before Italian Balotelli opened the scoring.
Within 10 days of Mancini taking over from Hughes in December 2009, Joleon Lescott, Sylvinho, Roque Santa Cruz, Stephen Ireland, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Micah Richards and Nigel De Jong all picked up injuries.
Since the takeover of the club in September 2008 by the group headed by Sheikh Mansour, City have paid large transfer fees for the likes of Robinho, Gareth Barry, Carlos Tevez, Emmanuel Adebayor and Joleon Lescott.
City's defence was already weakened by the absence of Joleon Lescott and Wayne Bridge, and it was further diminished by the loss of Micah Richards, due to an ankle injury sustained in the build-up to Mensah's goal.
Capello picked Manchester City's Joleon Lescott in central defence with Michael Dawson ruled out, a surprise selection but one based on logic and the evidence of the powerful partnership he forged with Phil Jagielka when the pair played together at Everton.
His chances of being selected for Capello's squad for South Africa, which will be trimmed down to 23 players by 1 June, have been boosted because of doubts over the fitness of first-choice central defender Rio Ferdinand of Manchester United, as well as the absence of the injured Manchester City defender Joleon Lescott and United's Wes Brown.
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