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title: "How Does the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern Method Set a Target After Rain in Cricket?"  
description: "How Does the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern Method Set a Target After Rain in Cricket?"  
author: "Rakib Chowdhury"  
published: 2026-10-16  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/117725/how-does-the-duckworth-lewis-stern-method-set-a-target-after-rain-in-cricket  
category: "Mix Category"  
tags: ["cricket", "Sports rules", "DLS Method"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How Does the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern Method Set a Target After Rain in Cricket?

I understand that a rain delay can reduce the number of overs in a cricket match, but I still find the revised target hard to follow. Sometimes the team batting second gets fewer overs and a target that seems lower than expected.

What factors go into the **Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method** when officials recalculate a target? I’d like to understand the basic idea without getting lost in the full mathematics.


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