Yes, I'm following the third test match of England and New Zealand. in first day of test match New Zealand played well in first day scored 315 runs in a loss of 9 wickets. Captain of New Zealand team Tom Latham played an outstanding inning of 63 runs and kane williamson scored 44 runs, just missed his well deserved half century bu few runs short but reached New Zealand total to 300 plus runs. England bowling performance is amazing especially Matthew Potts bowl well picked 3 important wickets by giving 75 runs and Gus Atkinson bowl amazing spell picking three wickets and restarted New Zealand under 350 runs because they just one wicket need.
I can't say New Zealand's first day was very good in terms of Test matches. England are not a team that lags far behind in Test cricket. New Zealand's pitches are mostly batting friendly. 330-350 is not a big target, especially for England, on a batting friendly pitch. You have to perform better and put them under pressure if you want to win against big fishers like England. New Zealand have already crashed out of the series after losing the first two matches. I can see New Zealand getting a shameful whitewash against England.
Did you watch the live broadcast of the third Test between New Zealand and England, maybe you didn't. New Zealand batted very well in the first innings against England and even they are batting well in the second innings against England. On what you call a batting friendly pitch, New Zealand scored more than 300 runs but England were bowled out for just 143 runs.
There is still a lot of time left to lose the third test match, maybe New Zealand will win this match, they will give the England team a big run target, they are already 281 runs ahead of England.