Michael Vaughan stated that though he was entertained to see 16 wickets fall on day one of the first Test between England and New Zealand at Lord’s, he slammed the MCC for preparing such a poor pitch.

Tom Latham won the toss and chose New Zealand to bowl first. Kyle Jamieson took 5/62, while Harry Brook made 56 as England was bowled out for 140 runs. In response, Ollie Robinson’s 4/10 reduced New Zealand to 61/6, with Glenn Phillips scoring 31* at the end of day one.

“From what I've seen on that pitch today, there's certainly been a number of balls where we've seen snickoffs, and we've seen a lot of LBWs where the players have been kind of on the front foot playing a forward defence. The balls just thudded into the pads, which tells you that the pitch is a little bit inconsistent in terms of bounce,” Vaughan told the BBC Test Match Special.

“I've been royally entertained. 16 wickets on day one. 
I don't think it's a good pitch. I think the MCC will be the first to admit that there's something not quite right with this square at Lords. It has been an issue for a few years now, since we had the test match against India last year. 
Brilliant game, and it was a great finish to a test match, but the pitch wasn't great. And the test match being so good in the end, I guess, stopped us all talking about the pitch. This isn't a great test match wicket, but we're royally entertained. I'm sure we'll have a great test match,” he added.  

At one stage, New Zealand were reduced to 2 for 3 after Robinson removed Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, and Rachin Ravindra in his opening over. And as expected, the Lord's surface is coming under severe criticism.