Messers Duckworth and Lewis!!
If there is one thing in cricket which I do not understand, it is the famous Duckworth-Lewis system. In fact it would be fair to say that I do not make head or tail of it.
Just take yesterdays example:
Ind v S.Lanka
Match is reduced to 29 overs - India bat first and make 195 for 5 in the 29 overs - Rain comes down and match is reduced to 21 overs - Revised target is 154 from 21 overs for the Lankans which is a slightly greater required rate than the original score but with 8 lesser overs.
Eng v NZland
Englan bat first - Rain comes after 12 overs and match reduced to a 36 over game - Eng are bowled out for 158 in 35 overs - You would think that would be the target but no! it is 165 to win in 36 overs for Nzland!!
Explain somebody...pleaseeee!!!
For people interested to go through the intricacies of the method. You can find it here.
Labels: Cricket, Duckworth-Lewis, ICC
posted by Raj at 1:06 pm
1 Comments:
Hi rajiv,
Just saw ur post on D/L method. I shall explain it to you in simple terms in 1 sentence assuming that Team A and Team B are playing a match and say, Team A bats first.
If Team A uses R1% of resources available to them and scores S1 runs, and team B has R2% of resources available to chase their target T, then
(a) T = R2/R1 x S1 (if R1 > R2)
(b) T = S1 + 225 x(R2-R1)/100 (if R1 < R2)
I hope you are clear now. Shall explain in person sometime when I meet you.
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