East Midlands Branch

THE INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS

 

 

The Duckworth-Lewis Method:

11 years on

 

A talk by

 

Frank Duckworth

(Royal Statistical Society)

 

 

Tuesday 8 January 2008

starting at 7.30 pm

 

Ken Ewards Building,

Leicester University 

[http://www.le.ac.uk/portals/maps/maps.html]

Abstract

 

The talk will describe why and how the Duckworth/Lewis method for resetting targets in rain-interrupted one-day cricket matches came about and the way the mathematics of the method has since been upgraded to take advantage of the increasing availability of computers in scorers' boxes.  The experience from over 800 applications world-wide will be reviewed.

 

No charge is made to attend meetings, non-IMA members are welcome

 

The talk is coordinated by East Midlands Branch Secretary, Dr Stephen Hibberd, School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham, email: stephen.hibberd@nottingham.ac.uk.

Details of East Midlands Branch activities: http://www.ima.org.uk/EMidBranch/ima.html