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Frank Duckworth, the English statistician who co-invented the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method, passed away at the age of 84, as reported by ESPNcricinfo.com.
Duckworth’s death occurred on June 21. Alongside fellow statistician Tony Lewis, he developed the Duckworth-Lewis method to calculate results in cricket matches affected by rain interruptions.
Initially implemented in international cricket in 1997, the method became the standard for determining revised targets in truncated games, officially adopted by the ICC in 2001. Following modifications by Australian statistician Steven Stern, the method was renamed Duckworth-Lewis-Stern.
For their contributions, both Duckworth and Lewis were awarded MBEs (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in June 2010.
The DLS method relies on a sophisticated statistical analysis that takes into account various factors such as remaining wickets and reduced overs to establish a revised target for the team batting second.
