DUBAI – International Cricket Council today released the updated version ofthe Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) System along with the new ICC Code ofConduct and ICC Playing Conditions.
These will come into effect from Sunday, 30 September, when the first ODIbetween South Africa and Zimbabwe will be played in Kimberley.
This is the third version but second update of the DLS System since itsintroduction into international cricket in 2014 and has been carried outfollowing a detailed ball-by-ball analysis of scoring patterns, includingin the Powerplays, in all limited overs internationals played during theprevious four years.
This means the current analysis is based on information from 700 ODIs and428 T20Is, which comprise over 240,000 outcomes of individual deliveries.
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The latest analysis has revealed that teams have been able to extend theiracceleration patterns for longer periods, and the average scores in ODIshave continued to increase. This means that par score calculations willassume that teams will be able to score a slightly higher proportion oftheir runs towards the end of an innings.
In finalizing the updated version, the scoring patterns between ODI (final20 overs) and T20 were analyzed, as were the scoring patterns between men’sand women’s international matches. The study has confirmed that in bothcases, while overall scoring rates are obviously different, wicket-adjustedresource utilisation rates are essentially identical.
