Anthony John Lewis MBE (25 February 1942 – 15 March 2020)[1] was a mathematician who, along with Frank Duckworth, developed the Duckworth–Lewis method of resetting targets in limited-overs cricket matches interrupted by weather or other circumstances.[2][3]
Anthony John Lewis | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 February 1942 |
| Died | 15 March 2020 (aged 78) |
| Education | Kirkham Grammar School |
| Alma mater | University of Sheffield |
| Occupation | Mathematician |
| Known for | Duckworth–Lewis method |
Personal life
editLewis was born in Bolton, Lancashire. He attended Kirkham Grammar School[4] and graduated from Sheffield University with a degree in Mathematics and Statistics.[5]
Lewis was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours.[6][7]
Career
editLewis was formerly a lecturer at the University of the West of England (UWE).[6] In January 2008, he retired as a lecturer in Quantitative Research Methods from Oxford Brookes University.[9]
He was also a former chairman of the Western Operational Research Society[10] and was a keynote speaker at the Second IMA International Conference on Mathematics in Sport in 2009.[5] Lewis also undertook various consultancy roles in England and Australia.[9]
Duckworth-Lewis Method
editIn the 1980s, Frank Duckworth had proposed a method of resetting targets in interrupted limited-overs cricket matches.[11] After the 1992 Cricket World Cup, commentator Christopher Martin-Jenkins asked for a better calculation system.[11] Lewis read Duckworth's 1992 paper Fair Play in Foul Weather and together they devised the Duckworth-Lewis Method.[11] In 2014, Steven Stern became custodian of the method, and it was renamed the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method.[6][11]
References
edit- ^ a b "Tony Lewis - England". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
- ^ Longmore, Andrew (16 May 1999), "First Night: Duckworth–Lewis: The odd couple getting even with the weather", The Independent, London, retrieved 25 May 2010
- ^ Richards, Huw (18 February 2003), "How two statisticians became stars", New York Times, retrieved 25 May 2010
- ^ "Remembering Tony Lewis, cricket statistician and co-creator of the Duckworth-Lewis method". The Independent. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ a b IMA Mathematics in Sport Archived 2009-01-06 at the Wayback Machine conference web site.
- ^ a b c "Tony Lewis: Cricket statistician of the Duckworth-Lewis method dies aged 78". BBC Sport. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "No. 59446". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 2010. p. 19.
- ^ Sharwood, Simon. "Cricket's average-busting mathematician Tony Lewis pulls up stumps". The Register. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Tony Lewis, co-creator of the Duckworth-Lewis method, passes away aged 78". The Cricketer. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ Rookwood, Dan (4 March 2003). "The Duckworth-Lewis method - explained". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d Miller, Andrew (2 April 2020). "Tony Lewis, of Duckworth-Lewis rain-rules fame, dies aged 78". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 2 April 2020.