Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Question - 550


Identify and connect. (Hint: the question number)

Answer: The connection is the Duckworth-Lewis (D/L) method used in Cricket to calculate a target score in a weather (or otherwise) interrupted game. The plot shows how this calculation is performed (top left) along with the two statisticians, its namesakes, who came up with it (bottom left). The right picture is of the Irish pop group who call themselves, rather geekily, the Duckworth-Lewis Method. Dinesh, Shravan, KAMANASISH,AEC, Vetti, Ramki, Rajesh K, and AJ got it. Extra points to Dinesh for spotting the cheap DL=550 trick.

7 comments:

Dinesh said...

Duckworth-Lewis(the guys, the graph and the band) DL => 550. No fair - I already used this trick for 400.

Shravan said...

The Duckworth Lewis Method
Irish pop

KAMANASISH,AEC said...

FRANK DUCKWORTH AND TONY LEWIS.
the graph shows why duckworth-lewis system cannot be used in T-20 matches.

Vetti said...

Duckworth Lewis method and an Irish pop group/album with the same name

Ramki said...

duckworth and lewis.. the original guys and a music band of the same name..

Anonymous said...

Messrs Duckworth and Lewis

- Rajesh K

AJ said...

Duckworth-Lewis Method. The pics are Duckworth and Lewis themselves, their method and the Irish band Duckworth-Lewis Method.