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Tezzbuzz|19-07-2024
Rajasthan: In the 147 years of cricket history, many rules have been introduced and some rules have been abolished. Some rules of cricket are very unique, while some rules are quite easy to understand, but in today's era, the rule of cricket that remains the most unique and the biggest mystery is the Duckworth-Lewis rule system.
Duckworth-Lewis rule – the biggest mystery of cricket
Among all the rules made in world cricket till date, the most unique rule is considered to be the Duckworth-Lewis rule, whose mathematics has not been understood by any cricket fan till date. The equation of this rule is so complex and so complicated that even the best mathematicians have not been able to find out the mathematics of this rule. So let us know in today's special article about the most unique rule of cricket, its beginning, and its equation…
Why was the Duckworth-Lewis rule introduced?
If you remember, in the match played in 1992, a figure was flashing on the screen – 22 runs in 1 ball. South Africa had to make this score. In this match, when South Africa needed to make 22 runs in 13 balls, it suddenly started raining and the game had to be stopped. But after just 10 minutes, when the rain stopped and preparations were made to start the game, 22 runs in 1 ball were shown on the screen.
Everyone was shocked to see this, what kind of rule is this that 22 runs in 13 balls were changed to 22 runs in 1 ball. Then the commentator Martin Jacking who was commenting on the radio in that match said in a very surprised voice, “I am sure that someone will find a solution to this problem from somewhere.” At that time, a British statistician Frank Duckworth was also listening to this commentary on the radio. From then onwards, he thought of finding a solution for this rule.
After this, Frank Duckworth told in an interview, “I realized that this is a mathematical problem which needs to be solved.” Then in the year 1992 itself, Duckworth presented a paper in the Royal Statistical Society, the title of which was – 'Fair play in bad weather'.
Frank Duckworth's paper now needed to be taken forward, which was made easy by Tony Lewis, a lecturer at the University of the West of England. Both these British statisticians finalized this rule through fax. And this formula was named Duckworth-Lewis rule.
When did the Duckworth-Lewis rule come into existence
Now it was the turn to take this rule to the ICC, and this work was done by the England and Wales Cricket Board. When this rule reached the ICC after a lot of effort and hard work, Lewis heaved a sigh of relief and said – “It is so soothing to see that now players generally accept the decisions made by our rules.
After thoroughly examining this rule, the ICC finally prepared to bring it to the international level. And in the year 1997, the Duckworth-Lewis rule was released with the match played between Zimbabwe and England. Right now this rule was kept only on trial and gradually its results were being seen. After this, this rule was also kept in the World Cup played in England in 1999, but in the year 2001 the Duckworth-Lewis rule was formalized. And in 2004, the ICC permanently included the Duckworth-Lewis rule system with itself. Today this rule is known as DLS and not DL, because in the year 2014 Frank Duckworth and Tony Lewis retired and Steve Stern was made the guardian of this rule, so as soon as Stern's name was added to this rule, it became DLD (Duckworth-Lewis-Stern).
How does the Duckworth-Lewis rule work??
The Duckworth-Lewis rule has special importance in the limited overs format of cricket, ODI and T20. In both these formats, this rule is used to save time after rain interruption. The bitterest and true thing is that apart from Duckworth and Lewis who made it, very few people have been able to understand this rule till date. This rule is very strange, because it has been very difficult to find its equation.
In limited overs cricket, when a match is interrupted by rain, a new target is set for the team batting second. Let us know how this target is set. Actually, a table is made to implement this rule and the runs and wickets of the team batting second are seen in it and a new target is set on this basis. If the match is interrupted by rain again after the rule is implemented, a new target is set. This rule has been very difficult to understand. To understand this, we present a formula in front of you. In which, how many resources the team playing first in a match has, i.e. the score of the team playing later till the match was stopped due to rain, i.e. how many runs were scored, can be understood from this formula.
#Team 2's new target = Team 1's score
#Team 2's new target = Team 1's score x (Team 2's resources / Team 1's resources)
Although this rule is used in the same way in international cricket, but it involves so much mathematics that it is very difficult for everyone to understand it.
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