BCB saddened at Tony lewis death
|| CF Correspondent ||
Tony Lewis, one of the men behind the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method used in weather-affected limited-overs cricket matches has died on Wednesday and Bangladesh Cricket Board is also saddened at his death.
The Duckworth of lewis system is being used in international cricket matches in the rain effected games which has helped sides get the result and is acknowledged by the cricket highest body ICC.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) expresses deep sadness at the passing away of mathematician and statistician Tony Lewis, co-creator of what is now known as the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method for deciding weather-affected limited-overs matches. Lewis was 78.
Offering his tribute, BCB CEO Nizam Uddin Chowdhury said: “Tony Lewis revolutionized the game of cricket with a method that is considered the fairest in settling weather-interrupted games. His contribution will be forever remembered.”
A career academic, and not the Welshman of the same name who captained England, Lewis received an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) for his services to cricket and mathematics in 2010.
The big difference between Duckworth-Lewis and previous methods was that it gave credit to sides defending a target for taking wickets as well as chasing sides for scoring runs.
The formula has also been criticized for not being suited to Twenty20 matches, cricket’s shortest format, which came into being after Duckworth-Lewis was established.
No alternative method, however, has yet found favour with the ICC.
