Editing Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method (section)

===Stoppage in second innings with revised target already achieved===
When a team who get their full resources scores very low, and their opponents score very quickly early in their innings a stoppage can result in a revised target that has already been achieved. In 2012 a [[Big Bash League]] [[Twenty20]] over match between Perth & Melbourne Stars saw Perth score a record low of 69 runs all out. Melbourne Stars scored 29 from their first 2 overs when rain fell and delayed the match. Once the rain cleared the umpires decided that the match conditions and timing was acceptable for a reduced 5 over innings from Melbourne. Under the older Duckworth-Lewis method the revised target score for their 5 over innings was only 20 runs, a score which Melbourne had already exceeded. The unusual situation saw the match referee order the two teams to play out a single delivery (a non-scoring leave through to the keeper) then "award" the match to Melbourne in an effort to avoid confusing spectators and television viewers. This "extra ball" was later declared void as it was not required and was expunged from the match score along with the impact the ball had on the league table net run rate. Melbourne won by 24 runs under the D/L method calculated using the par score of 6 runs after 2 overs. The 6 run par score incorrectly reported by some media outlets to have been the target.<ref>https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/big-bash-league-2012-13-571220/perth-scorchers-vs-melbourne-stars-571236/full-scorecard</ref><ref>https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/bbl-blushes-after-controversial-stars-win-597003</ref>

As any competitive match will have a minimum over requirement, commonly 5 overs each in Twenty20 cricket and 20 or 25 each in one day internationals, a team being ahead of a revised target for the amount of play remaining can leave the teams waiting for the weather to clear, the ground staff to work and the match referee to decide the game could continue even though no more play would occur in order to determine if the match is abandoned or a declared victory for the batting team. Duckworth & Lewis wrote in 2017 that they had suggested that the calculations involved be done dynamically and that in these unusual situations it would mean a team would win the game were they ahead of the par score at any point after overs had begun being lost. They argued that it would also prevent tactics that would otherwise be against the normal spirit of cricket, ie scoring runs instead of blocking to get through overs to avoid an abandonment, or that would have a bowling team having their bowlers doing no-balls or wides in order to prevent a match going past the minimum limits.<ref>https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/frank-duckworth-and-tony-lewis-on-interpreting-the-dls-rules-differently-1130137</ref>