Built like an Ox, Daryl Tuffey is a strong lad who hurls the ball at a considerable pace and aims for assistance from the pitch. Metronomic and consistent, he aims to hit the corridor of uncertainty all the time and has a nice out-swinger going.

He established a great reputation for taking wickets in his very first over in International cricket and that label has stuck ever since. He made his test debut against Australia at Hamilton in 2000, but his finest performance came against England when took 6/54 to win a test and thereby level the series. A serious shoulder injury in 2005 ruled him out of action for nearly two years.

An injury to Kyle Mills, resulted him in getting selected for the 2007 World Cup, but after just one match a recurrence of his previous shoulder injury sent him home. Tuffey opted to join the ICL in October 2007, a few months after he had been left out of the side for the inaugural World Twenty20 in South Africa. He represented Chandigarh Lions in the ICL before severing his ties with the league earlier in the year upon being offered an amnesty by New Zealand Cricket.

He made a comeback into the New Zealand team in 2009 and returned to the test side as well. With the New Zealand side constant losing his fast bowling arsenal either due to injuries or to retirement, Tuffey remained in the national reckoning and was placed on standby for an injured Bennett during the 2011 World Cup, but didn't get a chance to play.

NZC denied him the central contract in July, 2011. However, he continued playing domestic cricket and was given a contract in August, 2012 by Auckland which he declined and retired a month later from all forms of cricket.

Interesting facts: He is playfully known as Daryl 'Huffy-Puffy' Tuffey by his Northern Districts team mates due to his heavy breathing when bowling. This is a play on words of huffing and puffing.

In September 2007, Tuffey was convicted of drunk driving, fined $420 plus $303 in court costs and disqualified from driving for 6 months.

By Srivathsa
As of April 2014