Frank Duckworth, Co-Inventor of Cricket's DLS Method, Passes Away at 84

Frank Duckworth, the English statistician who co-invented the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method for determining cricket match results under rain-affected conditions, died at 84 on June 21. The DLS method, introduced in 1997, is widely used in international cricket and was formally adopted by the ICC in 2001.

Frank Duckworth, renowned English statistician and co-inventor of the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method, has died at the age of 84, according to ESPNcricinfo.com.

Duckworth passed away on June 21. His pioneering work alongside Tony Lewis helped devise the Duckworth-Lewis method, first used in international cricket in 1997 and formally adopted by the International Cricket Council (ICC) as the standard for setting revised targets in rain-affected matches in 2001.

After Duckworth and Lewis retired, Australian statistician Steven Stern made further modifications, leading to the method being renamed as the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method. Both Duckworth and Lewis were honored with MBEs in June 2010 for their contributions to cricket.

The DLS method employs complex statistical analysis, considering multiple variables such as wickets remaining and overs lost, to determine a fair revised target for the team batting second in truncated games.

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