Windies debutant ensures uphill battle for Black Caps
Blackwood entertains on debut
Photo courtesy of WICB Media/ Ashley Allen
New Zealand are in the midst of a battle to rescue the second cricket Test against the West Indies after the hosts dominated the third day.
The tourists ended day three at Port of Spain on 73-1 in their second innings, still 166 runs behind.
The Black Caps dismissed their hosts for 460 just before tea to trail by 239 runs.
They then lost skipper Brendon McCullum in the second over of the final session.
McCullum had promoted himself from the middle order after opener Hamish Rutherford failed to take the field earlier in the day because of a stomach complaint.
But having got to three, he was rapped on the pads and given out leg-before.
McCullum called for a review and the replay went firmly against him, showing the ball would have struck the inside of the leg stump.
Latham and Williamson made slow but steady progress after that and by stumps had put on an unbeaten partnership of 64.
Latham continued his good form by ending the day on 30, and Williamson was not out 38.
After the West Indies resumed in the morning at 310-5, debutant Jermaine Blackwood played a key hand for them with a half-century
The 22-year-old shared in stands of 47 with veteran batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul and 76 with skipper Denesh Ramdin.
Blackwood had a life on 11 when facing off-spinner Mark Craig, with Latham dropping a low chance at short leg.
After his impressive eight-wicket performance on debut in the opening Test in Jamaica, Craig had a tougher time at Queen's Park Oval, finishing the innings with 0-111 from 29 overs.
Blackwood got to 63 before being caught after edging an Ish Sodhi delivery.
Leg spinner Sodhi, despite struggling at times, ended with the best figures of the New Zealand attack with 4-96, while seamer Trent Boult took 3-75.
New Zealand lead the three-Test series 1-0.