Duckworth Lewis system needs a change for T20s

Updated On: 18 June, 2009 08:14 AM IST | | khalid a-h ansari

The Duckworth/Lewis method has to be revised keeping in mind Twenty20 tactics

Duckworth Lewis system needs a change for T20s

The Duckworth/Lewis method has to be revised keeping in mind Twenty20 tactics

First it was captain Paul Collingwood indulging in the very English pastime of blaming the weather for his team's woes after being torpedoed out of the T20 World Cup by the West Indies last Monday.

Now the Duckworth/Lewis system, used to determine revised targets in rain-affected matches, is under fire with calls to review it after it was determined that West Indies needed to chase a target of only 80 runs from nine overs.