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On Duckworth-Lewis

This refers to the letters arguing that the Duckworth-Lewis method should be changed as England lost the Bangalore ODI because of it (Nov. 25). The Indian team had no way of knowing that the match would be shortened to 22 overs, which is why it did not score quick runs. On the other hand, the England team was aware that it would get only 22 overs to bat. Thus it had an advantage over India. It was imperative to level this imbalance. Therefore, England was asked to score a few more runs. Where is the defect in the D/L method and where is the misfortune for England?

Shadab Husain,

Lucknow

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Had the match been reduced to 22 overs a side in the very beginning, India would have easily got 198 or even more which was eventually the D/L target for England.

Therefore, the argument that India got undue advantage of the rules is totally misplaced. The D/L method is much fairer than the method used in the 1992 World Cup.

T. Ramesh,

Kozhikode

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One must look at the various methods that were in vogue before the D/L method was put into effect. Who can forget the semi-finals of the 1992 World Cup in which South Africa was faced with the equation of getting 22 runs off one ball? It was the result of a method that reduced the target in proportion to the lowest scoring overs of the side batting first.

Vishwas Garg,

Visakhapatnam

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