The International Cricket Council released the updated version of the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) System and the new ICC Code of Conduct and ICC Playing Conditions today.
These will come into play from Sunday, 30 September when South Africa and Zimbabwe kick off an ODI series in Kimberley.
This is the third version but second update of the DLS System since its introduction into international cricket in 2014. It takes into consideration a detailed ball-by-ball analysis of scoring patterns, especially during the Powerplays, during the last four years.
The latest trends and results indicate that teams have started to accelerate much before thus extending their acceleration patterns for longer periods as a result of which the average scores in ODIs have substantially increased. Par score calculations will assume that teams will now be in a position to score a higher proportion of their runs at the end.
