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"Certainly, people have suggested that we need to look very carefully and see whether in fact the numbers in our formula are totally appropriate for the Twenty20 game," admitted Lewis, the inventor of the system with his statistician partner Frank Duckworth.
Duckworth said the duo would work on the method after collecting more data from the T20 World Cup. "We will be reviewing the application of the Duckworth-Lewis method to Twenty20 during the summer when this competition is over," he was quoted as saying by 'The Guradian'. "We thought it was appropriate to wait until the end of this competition when we've got a lot more Twenty20 data on our database.
"If there are any changes these should be ready for the commencement of the southern hemisphere season on October 1. My suspicion is there might be a slight difference but not very much, for instance that West Indian target of 80 might go to 81 or 82," Duckworth added. Duckworth and Lewis, who are contracted by the International Cricket Council to update the system at periodic intervals, have rivals in an Indian company.
The Indian VJD method, used in the Indian Cricket League, would have set the West Indies a target of 94 from nine overs. But the English duo doubted the fairness of the Indian system. "He uses what we call a Delphic method. He tries to give people what they feel is a fair answer and he keeps fiddling his figures to do it. "The ICC commissioned a review of all the methods about four years ago and independent analysis showed that D/L was more rigorous and more capable of accommodating changes in the game than any other. So we're confident we can hold up against all challengers," they said.
I realy want to know how Duckworth-Lewis method work, then only i can give my comment on this
It follows a optimal approach and it is none other than Dynamic method used over Remaining overs and Resouces for scoring runs(No of remaining wickets)
The England team did not win according to the method adopted by an English pair. So the method may be looked into and may be changed. If the West Indian team or any Asian team had not won and complained, would they have taken notice? Definitely not. Here lies racism of the first order. Any way the English pray for rains when they are losing a test match and most often their prayers are answered. Now that the rain and the D/L method came to West Indies rescue they cry foul? WHAT HYPOCRICY
The England team did not win according to the method adopted by an English pair. So the method may be looked into and may be changed. If the West Indian team or any Asian team had not won and complianed, would they have taken notice? Definitely not. Here lies racism of the first order. Any way the English pray for rains when they arelosing a test match and most often their prayers are answered. Now that the rain and the D/L method came to West Indies rescue they cry foul? WHAT HYPOCRICY!
