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    "editor1": "<h4><strong>Frank Duckworth<\/strong>, one half of the team who pioneered the Duckworth-Lewis method for calculating target scores in limited-overs cricket hit by bad weather, has died at the age of 84.<\/h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Along with his fellow statistician Tony Lewis, Duckworth devised the formula that was officially adopted by the International Cricket Council in 1999.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The London-based Royal Statistical Society said in a statement: &quot;Frank will be remembered largely for his contributions to the Society as editor of RSS NEWS, and to cricket as the co-inventor of the Duckworth-Lewis method.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Duckworth introduced a short paper, &quot;A fair result in foul weather&quot; at an RSS conference in 1992.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The paper was directly inspired by the farcical ending to the 1992 World Cup semi-final between England and South Africa in Australia, when a short spell of rain played havoc with calculations and left South Africa targeting an impossible 22 runs off one ball.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Duckworth&#39;s lecture led to contact with Lewis, and the pair worked together on a formula that was first used in the second match of England&#39;s one-day series against Zimbabwe in 1999.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><b>Also Read: <\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/icc-cricket-t20-world-cup-2024-schedule-squads-venues\">T20WC 2024 Schedule & Squads<\/a><\/p><p>The method was renamed the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method following the retirement of Duckworth and Lewis, after it was slightly modified by Australian statistician Steven Stern.<\/p>\r\n",
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