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Frank Duckworth: 21 June was a very sad day for the cricket world as Frank Duckworth, the co-creator of one of the main rules of the game, died. Frank Duckworth, who developed the Duckworth-Lewis rule along with Tony Lewis.
This method was first used in BC. It happened in 1997
Frank Duckworth, the co-inventor of the Duckworth-Lewis (DLS) method, which is used to determine a winner or target in international cricket matches affected by rain interruptions and bad weather, has died at the age of 84. In international cricket, this method is known as Duckworth-Lewis. Frank Duckworth was an English statistician who invented this method along with Tony Lewis. Which was first used internationally in BC. Was born in 1997.
ICC adopted the Duckworth-Lewis system in 2001
The ICC officially adopted the Duckworth-Lewis system in 2001. While some improvements were made to the Duckworth-Lewis method by Australian statistician Steven Stern in 2014. As it seems more practical, the method now used in rain-interrupted matches is officially known as the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method. Duckworth and Lewis were awarded the MBE in England in 2010.
