Lewis of cricket’s ‘DLS method’ fame dies
With fellow mathematician Frank Duckworth he devised a way of adjusting targets to decide interrupted cricket matches
02 April 2020 - 15:39
London — Tony Lewis, one of the men behind the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method used in weather-affected limited overs cricket matches, has died aged 78, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Wednesday.
“It is with much sadness that the ECB has learned of the passing of Tony Lewis MBE,” said a statement...
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