Ademola Lookman and Kieran Dowell both scored before half-time and substitute pair Nathan Broadhead and Oumar Niasse added strikes in the closing five minutes as Everton beat Gor Mahia 4-0 to claim the SportPesa Trophy.
Colombia international centre-half Yerry Mina started and finished the match and turned in an assured display against the Kenyan team to put himself in contention for a full Premier League debut at Chelsea on Sunday.
James McCarthy, meanwhile, took another significant stride on his road to recovery from the broken leg he suffered in January, the midfielder playing the final 30 minutes of this contest, 10 days after coming through an Under-23 outing unscathed - and putting in the cross from which Welshman Broadhead scored his first goal for the Club.