Still confused by Duckworth / Lewis? We try to explain

The Duckworth/Lewis method of resetting targets in rain-affected one-day cricket matches has been adopted for use in most test playing countries of the world, yet still people find it hard to understand and difficult to follow.

Over on Sting In The Tail, "the independent voice of Derbyshire cricket", we take an in-depth look at the method and try to explain, with the aid of examples, how the system works.

Simply click one of the links below to start your lesson.

• An introduction
• The basis of the method
• Applying Duckworth / Lewis
• Some worked examples

There then, wasn't that difficult now was it? Or was it?