Comment #6 Sundervanjani, you may want to see the­ response of junktempp77. Thye Duckworth Lewis system is­ confusing especially when you don't know the­ formulae used to calculate the targets. I don't.­ However like junktempp77 says a target larger than the­ score made by the team batting first is based on the­ fact the team batting first would have been pacing­ themselves for a 50 over match. Team 2 knows they are­ only batting for 22 overs so they can start slogging­ from the first over - like they are playing a 20/20­ match. Hence they are given a target which would have­ been challenging.
Hope this helps. I still do not know­ how the target is calculated bu I hope to find out­ someday.

British should feel what Indians did after loosing in­ the world hockey.Today England who tought the world,how­ to play cricket are getting humiliated by Indian­ cricket team not because they are very good but because­ you have stopped to improve your skills.England is­ using 50 years old approach where as the ever evolveing­ face of cricket is more like mortal combat.Wake Up­ England it is not the cricket your forefathers taught­ the world,It is the survival of the fittest

D/L method in cricket really,The committee who­ made,also must not being Knowing what type of rule­ they have made. How can a team has to make more runs­ than first batting side, while batting second. Suppose­ First batting side made 120 runs in their 36 overs and­ rain interupted.now second batting side has to make ­ 150 runs in 30-32 overs alloted to them. Runs more And­ Over Less. Really this type only the Great Rotten mind ­ committe members can understand.

Gary.

lets face it england are s@@@ at every sport they play­ in no matter who is the manager or coach

@Grainge: The D/L rules and formulae are a little too­ complicated to explain. But here's the logic, more­ or less. When India came out to bat, they didnt know­ that the match would be curtailed to 22 overs. They had­ a strategy of making their 10 wickets last for the full­ 50 overs. But when England held the bat, they knew­ exactly how many overs their 10 wickets had to last­ for. Hence the need for making more runs than India­ did.

In other words, the target that England are given­ is a calculated guess of "What target would India­ have possibly set, had they known from the very­ beginning that the match would only be for 22 overs­ each?" Hope this clarifies things a bit for you

I hope this calms down the British media. England are­ not as good as they think they are. Especially on the­ continent. Playing there is a tough assignment for­ anybody.

Well done India.

This match brought out he best in Shah and Flintoff,­ they were brilliant and for once in the series India­ were getting very agitated, however, the total was­ massive in the allotted 22 overs by the DL rules. Can­ someone please explain these rules? How can england­ have to score more runs than India in the same overs in­ worse conditions.
the aggression came too late. You­ guys can do it so keep up that aggresion. We played­ England. How come that the umpire did not refer the run­ out when India batted he was not given when he was run­ out, was there an appeal for it?

its ahme that england appear outclassed by india.. I­ dont thiink they are though, thye just need to have a­ couple of bats come off like they nearly did in this­ one day match.. andy