Frank Carter Duckworth MBE (26 December 1939 – 21 June 2024) was an English statistician who co-developed the Duckworth–Lewis method of resetting targets in limited overs cricket matches interrupted by weather or other circumstances.
[1][2][3] Duckworth was born on 26 December 1939 in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire.
[4] He attended King Edward VII School, Lytham, now part of King Edward VII and Queen Mary School,[5] then went on to study physics (BSc Hons 1961) and earned a PhD (1965) in metallurgy, both at the University of Liverpool.
[6] Prior to his retirement, he worked as a mathematical scientist for the English nuclear power industry.
[15][16] Duckworth was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours for services to the Royal Statistical Society and to Cricket.