Editing Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method (section)

====Reduced target: Team 1's innings completed; Team 2's innings cut short (resources lost at end of innings)====

{| class="wikitable" style="float: right; margin: 1em 1em 1em 1em; text-align:center; width:25%;"
|+ Percentage total resources remaining reference table (D/L Standard Edition)<ref name="DLMethod"/>
|-
! rowspan="2" style="background: #ffdead;" | Overs remaining
! colspan="5" style="background: #ffdead;" | Wickets in hand
|-
| '''10''' || '''8''' || '''6''' || '''4''' || '''2''' 
|-
| '''50''' || style="background: #ACE1AF;" | 100.0 || 85.1 || 62.7 || 34.9 || 11.9 
|-
| '''40''' || 89.3 || 77.8 || 59.5 || 34.6 || 11.9
|-
| '''30''' || 75.1 || 67.3 || 54.1 || 33.6 || 11.9
|-
| '''20''' || 56.6 || 52.4 || 44.6 || 30.8 || 11.9 
|-
| '''10''' || 32.1 || 30.8 || 28.3 || 22.8 || 11.4 
|-
| '''5''' || 17.2 || 16.8 || 16.1 || style="background: #ACE1AF;" | 14.3 || 9.4 
|}

On 3 March 2003, Sri Lanka played South Africa in [[2003 Cricket World Cup#Pool B|World Cup Pool B]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65272.html|title=Full Scorecard of South Africa vs Sri Lanka, World Cup, 40th Match|date=3 March 2003|work=Cricinfo|publisher=ESPN Sports Media}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/155875.html|title=South Africa v Sri Lanka|date=3 March 2003|work=Wisden|via=Cricinfo|publisher=ESPN Sports Media}}</ref> Sri Lanka batted first and scored 268–9 from their 50 overs. Chasing a target of 269, South Africa had reached 229–6 from 45 overs when play was abandoned.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| rowspan="4" colspan="1" style="text-align: center;" |Step 1
| Total resources available to Sri Lanka (R1)
| align="center" | 50 overs and 10 wickets
| align="center" | 100.0%
|-
| Total resources available to South Africa at the start of their innings
| align="center" | 50 overs and 10 wickets
| align="center" | 100.0% 
|-
| Total resources remaining to South Africa when play abandoned
| align="center" | 5 overs and 4 wickets
| align="center" | 14.3%
|-
| Total resources available to South Africa (R2)
| align="center" | 100.0% &minus; 14.3%
| align="center" | 85.7%
|-
| rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="text-align: center;" |Step 2
| South Africa's par score
| align="center" | 268&nbsp;×&nbsp;R2/R1 =&nbsp;268&nbsp;×&nbsp;85.7/100.0
| align="center" | '''229.676 runs'''
|}

Therefore, South Africa's retrospective target from their 45 overs was 230 runs to win, or 229 to tie. In the event, as they had scored exactly 229, the match was declared a tie.

South Africa scored no runs off the very last ball. If play had been abandoned without that ball having been bowled, the resource available to South Africa at the abandonment would have been 14.7%, giving them a par score of 228.6, and hence victory.

As South Africa's innings was interrupted once (and not restarted), their resource is given by the general formula above as follows: Total resources available = 100% &minus; Resources remaining at 1st interruption = 100% &minus; 14.3% = 85.7%.