DLS Method Explained: How Rain Decides Cricket Scores

DLS treats a batting side's two resources — overs left and wickets in hand — as one combined percentage.

A revised DLS target is roughly Team 1's score scaled by the ratio of resources each side actually had.

A result needs at least 20 overs per side in ODIs and 5 overs per side in T20s.

The on-screen 'par score' tells you live whether the chasing team is ahead or behind if rain ends play now.

It is named for Duckworth, Lewis and Steven Stern, who became custodian and gave it his name in 2014.