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Originally Posted by Prince EWS
India would have scored more if they knew they only had 22 overs from the start of the innings. The fact that they played some of the innings assuming they had to stay in for 50 overs and some of their innings assuming they had to stay in for 44 meant their score was reduced, as such, and this is taken into account.
If the game had started 22 overs a side, England would be chasing whatever India scored, but that wasn't the case.
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Exactly...That is the precise reason why England had to chase more than what India scored...
I always found Duckworth Lewis system to be very fair to both the teams, not only in this match but in all circumstances...This is so because the underlying understanding of 'resources' in very sound. According to Duckworth Lewis, the resource of a batting team is comprised of both number of overs remaining as well as number of wickets remaining, the premise that is so common-sensical yet it's a pity that it was never thought of before the mid 90's...Even now who don't understand (and probably hence don't like) DL, my suggestion will be to go through this article
http://www.daa.com.au/analytical-ideas/cricket/ ...
The more one'll know about DL, the more one'll like it...