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Summary ICC is considering alternative to Duckworth-Lewis method to determine result of rain-hit matches.
An Indian engineer has proposed an alternative VJD system, named after its creator V Jayadevan.The proposal has been presented to the ICC, at a meeting in Hong Kong last month. Jayadevan claims current method, which is being in place for the past 12 years, comprises silly mistakes. Apparently, the new VJD system will be reviewed at the meeting of the ICCs cricket committee which starts on Wednesday at Lords.Jayadevan has the backing of former India opener Sunil Gavaskar and Dave Richardson, the former South Africa wicketkeeper who is now the ICCs cricket manager.Of course, this is the best chance for my system because after a long time the ICC is going to review the D/L method, he told Indias Mail Today. Although I wont be present at the meeting, Ive sent to the committee members my views running into 20 pages. Ive clearly pointed out the mathematical and statistical flaws in D/L method and the superiority of the VJD system in the same circumstances of a match.V Jayadevan hails from the southern Indian state of Kerala.I wish they get time to go through my views that bring out the anomalies in the D/L method, he added. If the members read it, half the job is done.The inherent fear of people for mathematics seems to have helped D/L method being questioned beyond a limit. The D/L system comprises several silly mistakes. But somehow it has managed to create an impression in the entire cricket community that its highly scientific.Like in cricket, the ultimate result of a stroke is more important than how it is played, the most important point regarding the acceptability of a method is its reasonability to adjust targets in a truncated match, and here my system is far ahead.A majority of cricketers and officials are looking for a change and hence it makes sense to give an opportunity to VJD system at least for the next two years, he added.
