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The Independent UK
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Frank Duckworth death: Co-creator of Duckworth-Lewis method for rain-hit cricket matches, dies aged 84

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Frank Duckworth, one half of the team who pioneered the Duckworth-Lewis method for calculating target scores in limited overs cricket matches abridged by bad weather, has died at the age of 84.

Along with his fellow statistician Tony Lewis, Duckworth devised the formula that was officially adopted by the International Cricket Council in 1999 and remains the means by which affected matches are decided to this day.

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