India appeal against Duckworth-Lewis

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CRICKET NEWS: THERE COULD be no more symbolic example of India’s challenge to surpass England in every aspect of cricket’s world order. Now they are even seeking to overturn the Duckworth-Lewis method, the Lancastrian system of determining the result of matches in which rain stops play.
For the past 12 years the International Cricket Council, thegame’s global governing body, has used D/L, which was developed over the previous decade by Tony Lewis of Bolton and Frank Duckworth of Lytham St Annes in response to a farcical climax to England’s World Cup semi-final against South Africa in Sydney in 1992. Its charts and tables have become closely associated with the idiosyncratic and occasionally impenetrable nature of the game, and even inspired an eponymous 2009 album, The Duckworth Lewis Method, by a band formed by the former Divine Comedy singer Neil Hannon and Thomas Walsh.
But at the meeting of the ICC’s cricket committee which starts today at Lord’s an alternative, the VJD system, will be considered for the first time. It has been named after its creator, V Jayadevan, an Indian engineer from Kerala.
“This is the best chance for my system because after a long time the ICC is going to review the D/L method,” he told India’s Mail Today. “Although I won’t be present at the meeting . . . I’ve clearly pointed out the mathematical and statistical flaws in D/L method and the superiority of the VJD system in the same circumstances of a match.”
Jayadevan claims to have an assurance from Dave Richardson, the ICC’s cricket manager, that his proposal will be given a fair hearing. It has already been presented to the ICC, at a meeting in Hong Kong last month.
But he is concerned that the members of the committee, which is chaired by the former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd may not have time to study his 20-page report in detail.
“If the members read it, half thejob is done,” he added. “The inherent fear of people for mathematics seems to have helped D/L method being questioned beyond a limit. The D/L system comprises several silly mistakes. But somehow it has managed to create an impression that it’s highly scientific. A majority of cricketers and officials are looking for a change and hence it makes sense to give an opportunity to the VJD system atleast for the next two years.”
The cricket committee’s agenda also includes the future of the Decision Review System, widely accepted in international cricketbut not yet by India, and the legality of the switch-hit.

India appeal against Duckworth-Lewis - The Irish Times - Wed, May 30, 2012

India appeal against Duckworth-Lewis - The Irish Times - Wed, May 30, 2012

 

[The HBS Guy]

It's a rubbish system. Even in economics, you can't always predict the future price of a share by looking at its past performance.

Sometimes, in an innings, a team performs slowly in the first few overs just to conserve wickets in order to hit hard at the end; and when then end comes, there's rain and DL declares that team the loser.

That's rubbish. Utter rubbish. You can't really say that a team cannot make 100 runs in the last 10 overs just because Duckworth Lewis says so. Such uncertainty is a part of cricket. How can DL claim that such an unpredictable event will not happen?

 

[Vassnti]

D/L seems almost universally hated, unless your the team that just got handed a win because it rained. Problem is they will probably spend the next 20 years arguing about what will replace it.

 

[jaunty]

I heard about the Jayadevan method long time ago, it was supposed to be better than the D/L method. Hope they do a thorough evaluation of both the systems and if they implement the new one it should not be because of the financial clout of BCCI but it should be on the basis of merit.