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Duckworth–Lewis

Definition of Duckworth–Lewis

adjective

  • denoting a method of determining the runs total needed to win a one-day cricket match that is affected by rain or other interruptions.

Origin:

named after the English statisticians Frank Duckworth (born 1939) and Tony Lewis (born 1942), who invented the method

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