The Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method, usually called DLS, is used to adjust targets when rain or another interruption reduces the overs available in a limited-overs cricket match. It aims to give both teams a comparable scoring task based on the resources they have left: overs and wickets.
When play stops, the match officials and scorers use the applicable DLS calculation to determine a revised target or par score. The calculation accounts for the innings situation at the interruption, including wickets lost and overs remaining. It is not simply a target reduced in direct proportion to overs lost.
During a chase, a live par score helps show whether the chasing side is ahead of or behind the adjusted scoring requirement. That comparison can change after each delivery because the remaining overs and wickets change. A final result depends on the official target and playing conditions, not a projected score alone.
For viewers, check the official scoreboard for the revised target, overs remaining and par score after a delay. DLS applies to limited-overs formats under competition rules; it is not used to set a target in a standard five-day Test match.
