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July 05, 2007

Duckworth Lewis in action

"Duckworth Lewis" - two words to fill many a cricketing captain with dread, especially with dark clouds looming and the prospect of a premature end to the innings. The formula is a complicated one based on runs scored to date (or required if chasing) and resources available (overs and wickets remaining). It tries to generate a fair result whenever the weather intervenes in a one-day cricket match. Further reading is available in this wikipedia article.

Last night I attended the Kent vs Middlesex Twenty20 match at Beckenham. As soon as the required minimum 5 overs had been bowled in the Middlesex innings the scoreboard kept the D/L target updated at the end of each over. Here is the progression of the target towards the normal requirement of 147 to win in 20 overs.

Overs left Wickets left Target
15 7 47
14 7 53
13 7 58
12 7 64
11 7 70
10 7 77
9 6 86
8 6 92
7 5 101
6 4 110
5 4 116
4 4 122
3 3 130
2 2 138

Sadly (for Middlesex) they lost their last two wickets in the 19th over, so I can't tell what the target might have been off the last over.

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