West Indies captain Jason Holder has pulled few punches after his side suffered a humiliating innings-and-134-run defeat to New Zealand in the first test.
The tourists' top five combined for 100 runs across both innings - four fewer than No.6 Jermaine Blackwood scored in the second innings alone - as the visitors were bundled out for 138 and 247 at Hamilton.
Only a 155-run rearguard partnership from Blackwood and fast bowler Alzarri Joseph ensured the visitors were not bowled out twice in one day.
"Our batting wasn't good enough in both innings," Holder says. "Credit to Jermaine and Alzarri to bring some respectability to our batting, but quite frankly, our top order needs to stand up."
While the bowlers challenged New Zealand's batsmen on the first day, and Blackwood and Joseph had fought well in the second innings, Holder says serious questions need to be asked before the second test in Wellington, starting on Friday.
"I think it's time we started delivering and stopped talking," he says. "We have talked and promised a lot, but now it's a matter to all look at ourselves in the mirror and understand that we need to fight harder.
"We have just got to turn it around, only we can do that."
The second test in the two-match series starts at the Basin Reserve, but Holder says fast bowler Kemar Roach is likely to would return home, after his father died shortly before the first test started.
Wicketkeeper Shane Dowrich would also need his finger injury assessed, after he did not bat in either innings in Hamilton.
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Reuters