Daryl Tuffey left Wellington reeling this morning as the Northern Districts pace bowler ripped through the championship leaders to the tune of seven wickets for 12 runs. And he added an extra four in the afternoon to complete his first 10-wicket match bag as Wellington crumbled to an outright defeat by an innings and 46 runs inside two days.

Tuffey found a spot from which he exploited Wellington batting deficiencies as they failed to get into line. If he wasn't just missing the edge, he was catching it, providing a busy morning for those behind the stumps. Grant Bradburn (3), Robbie Hart (2) and Mark Bailey (1) all shared in the Tuffey bonanza.

Only Mark Gillespie, coming in at the fall of the seventh wicket, offered any resistance, contributing an unbeaten 33 to the paltry Wellington total of 78 in reply to Northern's first-day 283.

Tuffey gained his reward with accuracy, pace, lift and movement off a pitch that provided him with more assistance than he might have expected after it had been treated to the Hamilton sun of the first day. At the other end, Simon Doull (two for 30) provided the perfect foil, allowing the Wellington batsmen no relief.

With the follow-on enforced, Wellington found little respite in their second innings as they chased 205 to make Northern bat again. This time Joseph Yovich, who had had a bit part in the morning carnage, did the early damage.

He removed dangerman Matthew Bell (8) and Selwyn Blackmore (0) in his third over and added Richard Jones' (2) scalp in his sixth and from there Wellington, at 15 for three, were back on the downward slide.

They never recovered. First Stephen Mather (16) and then Chris Nevin (21), with his injured thumb, tried to stay with a solid Grant Donaldson (56) but the Northern bowlers were not to be denied.

Tuffey added his four from 22 overs for 54 to his morning bag to give him 11 for the match, his appearance at the bowling crease heralding disarray in the Wellington ranks. Yovich took the last wicket to fall, ending with four for 40 off 22.3 overs. The spinners Bradburn and Bruce Martin chimed in with one each.

It is a day Wellington may want to forget but Daryl Tuffey will certainly add to his scrapbook.

Talking to CricInfo after the match, he said that it was the sort of pitch on which bowling slightly fuller than usual and accurately brought about the desired effect. There was a nice spot from which they were zipping off. It was particularly satisfying in that he did not believe he had taken best advantage of the conditions when bowling to the Wellington openers late on the first day.

Despite his personal achievement, he placed particular emphasis for the team's success on the bowling partnerships that had developed during the match. "It was Simon bowling maidens at one end while I took wickets at the other in the first innings. In the second, the roles were reversed as Joey took the early wickets.

"Bowling, just as much as batting, is about partnerships. We developed good ones today, which we probably have not done in the past."

Of his national aspirations he said he hoped the selectors would take notice. "I have done what they asked - to come back here and take wickets."

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