| Anthony John Lewis | |
| Honorific Suffix: | MBE |
| Birth Date: | 25 February 1942 |
| Birth Place: | Bolton, Lancashire |
| 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.
Lewis was born in Bolton, Lancashire. He attended Kirkham Grammar School[2] and graduated from Sheffield University with a degree in Mathematics and Statistics.
Lewis was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours.
Lewis died on 15 March 2020, aged 78.[1] [3]
Lewis was formerly a lecturer at the University of the West of England (UWE).[4] In January 2008, he retired as a lecturer in Quantitative Research Methods from Oxford Brookes University.[5]
He was also a former chairman of the Western Operational Research Society[6] and was a keynote speaker at the Second IMA International Conference on Mathematics in Sport in 2009.[7] Lewis also undertook various consultancy roles in England and Australia.[5]
See main article: Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method.
In the 1980s, Frank Duckworth had proposed a method of resetting targets in interrupted limited-overs cricket matches.[8] After the 1992 Cricket World Cup, commentator Christopher Martin-Jenkins asked for a better calculation system.[8] Lewis read Duckworth's 1992 paper Fair Play in Foul Weather and together they devised the Duckworth-Lewis Method.[8] In 2014, Steven Stern became custodian of the method, and it was renamed the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method.[4] [8]