It is time for a big change

T20 cricket has changed the way the world looks at the game, so one would think it is about time that one specific rule should change to keep up with the tremendous pace of this format.

- with Clinton Jones

For many years the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method has frustrated many a cricket fan with its complicated scientific method of determining the outcome of a game that has been impacted by inclement weather.

According to Wikipedia it is a mathematical formulation designed to calculate the target score (number of runs needed to win) for the team batting second in a limited overs cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstances.

This definition sort of makes sense in the longer 50-over format, but in the crash-bang shorter format, it is less so.