Frank Duckworth, co-inventor of DLS method, dies at the age of 84.

Obituary

The Duckworth-Lewis method, devised by Duckworth and fellow statistician Tony Lewis, was introduced to determine results in rain-affected cricket matches. The method was first used in international cricket in 1997 and was formally adopted by the ICC as the standard method for setting revised targets in truncated games in 2001.


      Duckworth and Lewis were both awarded MBEs (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in June 2010.

      The DLS method is based on a complex statistical analysis that considers many factors like wickets remaining and overs lost, among others, to set a revised target for the team batting second.

     

 

     


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