Anthony John Lewis | |
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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 |
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]
Lewis 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]
Lewis died on 15 March 2020, aged 78. [1] [8]
Lewis 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]
In 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]