NZW vs PAKW DLS Par Score: The Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 clash between New Zealand and Pakistan has been interrupted by rain on October 18 at Colombo.
The DLS par score will be calculated only if the match when rain or another factor interrupts a limited-over cricket match forcing a revision of the target score for the team batting second.
NZW vs PAKW DLS Par Score
The match was stopped during the 13th over of the Pakistan innings after Fatima Sana’s side scored 52 runs for 3 wickets. The matches at Colombo have been affected by rain, and three of the games have been abandoned due to persistent rain.
- At 03:58 PM IST, the drizzle has gotten heavier and the umpires have asked the ground staff to cover the ground.
- At 04:45 PM IST, the covers are firmly in place. We have lost almost to an hour already and by the times we start, we would have lost overs.
- At 05:03 PM IST, the covers are being removed by now.
- At 05:11 PM IST, the umpires has talked to the skippers. There will be overs lost and the ground will be little greasy well. The game will resume on 5:35 PM IST. It will be a 46 overs a side However, there was a drizzle.
With the match resumed, Pakistan went on to bat until 25 overs before the rain stopped the game again. Pakistan were once again forced to stop their innings after scoring 92/5 against New Zealand.
- At 06:17 PM IST, the rain stopped the play. We’ll continue to lose overs.
- At 06:47 PM IST, the rain is still coming down and will be losing more overs.
- At 7:13 PM IST, the drizzle seems to continue. However the covers are coming off with seems to be a good news.
- At 7:32 PM IST, the match will be 36 overs contest. 10 minute break between the innings. One bowler can bowl a maximum of 8 overs. The game will resume on 07:52 PM IST.
- At 7:41 PM IST, the covers are back and the rain is back. More covers are brought in.
- At 08:02 PM IST, the drizzle continues to come down but the entire ground hasn’t covered.
- At 08:17 PM IST, the groundsmen are bringing in more covers as they are expecting more rain.
- At 08:30 PM IST, the entire ground is covered now and few groundsmen are tugging the covers.
- At 8:58 PM IST, the cut-off time was clsoe to 9:40 PM local. Players from both sides has been walking alongside ropes with umbrellas.
- At 09:07 PM IST, the game has been called off due to rain. With the points split, South Africa become the second team to secure a spot in the semi finals.
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How is DLS calculated?
To calculate a target, the formula may simply be expressed as:
Team 2’s par score = Team 1’s score x (Team 2’s resources/Team 1’s resources).
During the match after the interruption, there are only two factors remain with the team for the calculation of this method.
Every team available with these two resources namely:
- Remaining Overs
- Remaining Wickets
On the basis of these two resources, Frank Duckworth and Tony Lewis have prepared a chart which suggests that how many resources are left with the batting side in different situations.
Real-time Example of a DLS Method Calculation:
Let us take an example that happens earlier before in DLS history where India beats Australia by 26 runs. This happens in the first ODI of Australia tour of India in September.
- In the 1st innings, India scored 7/281 in 50 overs.
- During the innings break, rain interrupts play, and the match is reduced to 21 overs.
- The 2nd innings commences, with Australia requiring 164 for victory.
- Australia finishes their innings on 9/137 off 21 overs.
- India wins by 26 runs on the D/L Method.
