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title: "How Does the DLS Method Decide a Cricket Target After a Rain Delay?"  
description: "How Does the DLS Method Decide a Cricket Target After a Rain Delay?"  
author: "Rebecca Johnson"  
published: 2026-10-21  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/118034/how-does-the-dls-method-decide-a-cricket-target-after-a-rain-delay  
category: "Mix Category"  
tags: ["cricket", "Sports rules", "DLS Method"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How Does the DLS Method Decide a Cricket Target After a Rain Delay?

I understand that the DLS method adjusts a target when rain reduces the overs available, but I find the revised score hard to make sense of during a match. Is the calculation mainly about overs remaining, wickets in hand, or both?

For example, if a team loses several wickets before a long interruption, how does that affect the target compared with a team that has wickets left? I’d appreciate a plain-language explanation of how a **rain-adjusted cricket target** is worked out.


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