Michael Vaughan calls Pakistan's batting a 'second division county team'

Pakistan's times are not going well at all - the team is in the news for various incidents both on and off the field. Former England captain Michael Vaughan has criticized Pakistan's batting lineup harshly after they were all out for just 110 runs in the first innings of the Lord's Test against England. He even compared Pakistan's batting to that of a second-division county team.

Pakistan lost the first Test of the series by a huge margin of an innings and 53 runs. The criticism of their batsmen has intensified in the first innings of the second Test at Lord's. Vaughan said in BBC's 'Test Match Special' that after watching Pakistan's batting, he felt like it was second-division county cricket.

In Vaughan's words, 'Is this second-division county cricket? They are not batting at a level that can be called a Test match batting lineup.'

He also said, 'To be honest, England's bowlers are not facing any challenge at all. This Pakistani batting line-up is probably the easiest to bowl to. England's bowlers are lining up to bowl because they know they'll get wickets.'

The return of Babar Azam from injury in the second Test was expected to provide some relief to Pakistan's batting. But he too returned for just 8 runs. Abdullah Shafiq, Shan Masood and Mohammad Rizwan were also out in single figures.

Azan Awais put up some resistance for Pakistan. His 46 runs was the team's highest individual total. But his fight also failed to bring Pakistan a respectable total.

Vaughan's disappointment with Pakistan's batting was even more evident. He said, 'There is no fear of the Pakistani batsmen. There is no batsman who can put pressure on the England bowlers. Nobody is going to spoil their bowling figures either. It's like, come on, who wants to take wickets?'

England started the third day of play at Lord's in their second innings at 81 for 3. At that time, the hosts had a lead of 261 runs, making it even more difficult for Pakistan to turn the tables in the match.