CD, Frank Duckworth and Tony Lewis interviewed by Stephen Lamb. The CD consists of 1 track.
Track 1: [0:00-1:30] Lamb introduces both Duckworth and Lewis and explains previous methods of revising scoring targets for weather-affected matches, [1:30-3:00] Duckworth and Lewis talk about how the Duckworth-Lewis method has impacted upon their lives, [3:00-4:30] Duckworth talks about his early memories of cricket including the Australian team which toured England in 1948, and his heroes including Len Hutton, Cyril Washbrook, Denis Compton, Peter May, and Brian Statham who he watched play cricket for Lancashire and playing cricket at school, [4:30-6:30] Duckworth talks about studying Mathematics at school, studying Physics at university and doing a PhD in Metallurgy, and starting work in 1965 at the Central Electricity Generating Board as a mathematician, [6:30-7:00] Duckworth talks about being made redundant and taking early retirement, [7:00-8:20] Lewis talks about his early life and playing cricket at school, [8:25-9:00], Lewis talks about his interests in Mathematics and studying the subject at university, [9:00-9:45] Lewis talks about moving to Australia for 15 years to teach in Perth, Western Australia, [9:45-10:45] Lewis talks about attending a rain-interrupted match between England and New Zealand at The WACA Ground in 1983.
[10:45-11:50] Lewis talks about receiving a paper by Duckworth entitled 'A Fair Result in Foul Weather' and contacting Duckworth, [11:50-14:15] Duckworth talks about his motivation for producing the paper including faults with the existing average run rate method, and writing to Christopher Martin-Jenkins regarding his formula, sending a copy to Tim Lamb, and presenting his paper at the Royal Statistical Society Conference in Sheffield in 1992, [14:15-15:30] Duckworth talks about alternative methods prior to the introduction of Duckworth-Lewis, [15:30-18:00] Duckworth talks about him and Lewis working together on the formula to present the method to Tim Lamb of the Test and County Cricket Board (TCCB), [18:30-20:25] Duckworth and Lewis talk about presenting the formula at Lord's in 1995.
[20:30-21:25] Duckworth talks about initially calling the method the 'Lancastrian' method, [21:25-24:10] Duckworth talks about the method first being adopted by Zimbabwe and being invited to give a presentation at the English Cricket Board (ECB), and finding out that their proposal would be adopted by ECB following that presentation, [24:10-25:40] Duckworth talks about the first time the method was used in a one day match between England and Zimbabwe, [25:40-27:30] Duckworth and Lewis talk about the media's perception of the method and Duckworth and Lewis as individuals, [27:30-29:00] Lewis talks about the 1999 Cricket World Cup and the method being used in preparation for the tournament, [29:00-30:50] Duckworth talks about operating a scoreboard during a match at the 1999 Cricket World Cup which displayed a projected par score.
[30:50-32:05] Lewis talks about meeting Steve Waugh and A R Lewis at Buckingham Palace during the 1999 Cricket World Cup, [32:05-33:00] Duckworth talks about the International Cricket Council (ICC) officially adopting the method in 2001, [33:00-35:15] Lewis talks about a match between South Africa and Sri Lanka at the 2003 Cricket World Cup, where South Africa lost having miscalculated what they required to win the match, and receiving hate mail from South Africa as a consequence, [35:15-36:40] Duckworth talks about publishing tables and simplifying the method, [36:40-38:20] Duckworth and Lewis talk about adapting the method for Twenty20 Cricket, [38:20-42:35] Lewis talks about criticism of the method from Paul Collingwood following England's defeat to the West Indies at the ICC World Twenty20 tournaments in 2009 and 2010, Duckworth asserts that a separate method for Twenty20 is not required.
[42:35-45:40] Duckworth and Lewis talk about how the method has brought him fame and academic achievement rather than fortune, having a horse and a music CD named after them, a radio sketch dedicated to them, being used in questions as part of quiz shows, [45:40-47:56] Lewis talks about changes to the formula [46:55-47:20] Duckworth talks about changes he would make if he was to start again with the method.