FILE PHOTO: Hampshire's James Vince places a piece of paper with Duckworth Lewis information in his pocket during the second Twenty20 semi-final against Surrey at Edgbaston cricket ground, Birmingham August 17, 2013. REUTERS/Philip Brown/File Photo
LONDON (Reuters) - Tony Lewis, co-inventor of the Duckworth-Lewis method for settling weather-affected cricket matches, has died aged 78.
Former university lecturer Lewis, together with mathematician Frank Duckworth, devised the formula that was first used in match between Zimbabwe and England in 1997 and adopted by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1999.
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