Daryl Tuffey | thecricketlibrary.com

New Zealand’s Daryl Tuffey leaps off the ground as he celebrates taking the wicket of England’s Mark Butcher who was caught by Mark Richardson for a duck during the third day of the third and final test match at Basin Reserve, Auckland. PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo

Daryl Tuffey represented New Zealand across all three formats claiming 77 Test wickets and 110 ODI wickets for his country. He played 91 First Class matches claiming 288 wickets with the remarkable best figures of 7-12.

In our chat we discuss his progression from First Class Cricket into the International arena, the three World Cup campaigns he was involved in, the leadership of Stephen Fleming as well as the first T20 International between NZ and Australia.

We also get to hear about life after professional cricket working with Moa Beer and starting an apprenticeship.

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Daryl Tuffey Career Stats

Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	26	94	91	220
Runs scored	427	295	1,438	868
Batting average	16.42	9.51	17.11	12.57
100s/50s	0/1	0/0	0/6	0/0
Top score	80*	36	89*	38*
Balls bowled	4,877	4,333	16,607	10,490
Wickets	77	110	288	265
Bowling average	31.75	32.12	26.78	31.21
5 wickets in innings	2	0	10	2
10 wickets in match	0	0	1	0
Best bowling	6/54	4/24	7/12	5/21
Catches/stumpings	15/–	20/–	41/–	52/–

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