Duckworth

Duckworth is an English surname and place name. It is of toponymic origin, associated with places named Duckworth in England, and has spread to other English-speaking regions, where it is borne by a number of notable people.

Notable individuals include Tammy Duckworth (born 1968), an American politician and U.S. Senator from Illinois. James Duckworth is an Australian professional tennis player who has competed on the ATP Tour. Frank Duckworth is a statistician known for co-developing the Duckworth-Lewis method, a system for adjusting targets in rain-affected limited-overs cricket matches.

The Duckworth-Lewis method, originally developed by Frank Duckworth and Tony Lewis, is widely used to recalculate targets when a match is interrupted. In 2014, Steven Stern updated the method, resulting in the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern version, which remains in common use in international and domestic cricket.