Pakistan's batting collapse to 110 all out in the first innings of the Lord's Test has pushed their tour of England into a full-blown crisis.

Despite the highly anticipated return of captain Babar Azam from a finger injury, the visiting top-order crumbled against the English pacers, triggering intense backlash from both fans and cricket pundits.

After posting 290 in their first innings, the hosts gained a massive 180-run lead and put themselves in a commanding position to secure an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.

Speaking on the BBC Test Match Special, former England captain Michael Vaughan openly ripped into Pakistan’s technical standards, claiming that England bowlers haven’t been challenged at all.

Opening batter Azan Awais was the top scorer for the tourists, returning with a knock of 46, while the likes of Babar (8), Abdullah Shafique (5), Shan Masood (1), and Mohammad Rizwan (7) all failed to reach double figures.

"I'll be brutally honest. The England bowlers aren't being challenged at all. And this Pakistan batting lineup is possibly the easiest batting lineup I've seen in a long time to bowl to. And not only that, I think as a bowler, I think they're all queuing up to bowl because they know there are wickets out there," Vaughan said.

"You're not going to get hurt. There's no batter that's going to hurt them. No one's going to damage their figures, and it's really, 'roll up, roll up, who wants to get the wickets?'," he added.

Vaughan also mockingly asked if the Pakistani batting resembled "second-division county cricket."

"I think they all know that Pakistan aren't going to get big scores. So you're only going to be out there for 40 to 50 overs, so you give everything in every spell, you keep going to Joe Root saying, Err, I'll bowl another one.' There are so many wickets out there," Vaughan stated.

"It's so easy. They're still doing a good job, and they're still looking very threatening. And I think this bowling attack, the way they're bowling, will challenge better batting lineups if they continue in this fashion. But this is Pakistan batting. Is it second division county cricket? There's no way that they are batting in any standard to say that, that is a Test match batting lineup," he remarked.

Coming to the Lord’s Test, England ended Day 2 at 81/3, stretching their lead to 261 runs. Emilio Gay (30*) and Harry Brook (7*) were at the crease when bad light brought an early end to the day.