Renown English statistician Frank Duckworth, one of the brains behind the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method, has died at age 84, a report said recently. He had died on June 21, ESPNcricifo.com reported. Duckworth, along with another statistician Tony Lewis, developed the Duckworth-Lewis method that was first brought into practice to decide results in rain-affected cricket matches.
Its first use in an international cricket match was in the year 1997, and was adopted by the ICC as the authorised technique for calculating the result of rain-interrupted matches officially in 2001.
The method was renamed Duckworth-Lewis-Stern after Duckworth and Lewis' retirement following altered revisions were done by Australian statistician Steven Stern.
Duckworth and Lewis were both made MBEs, Members of the Order of the British Empire, in June 2010 for their services to cricket.
Well, the foundation of the DLS method lies in complex statistical modeling, considering variables like remaining wickets and lost overs to arrive at a recalibrated target for the second batting side.
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