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The Duckworth Lewis Method are an Irish pop group formed by Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy and Thomas Walsh of Pugwash. The Duckworth Lewis Method is also the title of the group's only album, which was released on 3 July 2009, a few days before the start of the 2009 Ashes series. A concept album about cricket, the album has 12 tracks, one of which is an instrumental. The album was mixed and recorded in Dublin and was mastered at Abbey Road Studios.
Hannon and Walsh have described their album as "a kaleidoscopic musical adventure through the beautiful and rather silly world of cricket."
The track 'Jiggery Pokery' features guest cameo performances from Phill Jupitus, Alexander Armstrong, Matt Berry and more. Berry also features on the track 'Mason on the Boundary'.
On 9 September 2009 the band were put on hiatus.
The group recorded a "new national anthem for Ireland", or alternanthem, for The Irish Times in March 2010 as part of the newspaper's St Patrick's Festival promotions. They wrote and recorded the theme song for the ESPNcricinfo video blog The Two Chucks.
In April 2010 The Duckworth Lewis Method album was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award. In an interview with the BBC, Neil Hannon confirmed that he and Thomas Walsh would be working together again in the future.
Promotion
On 21 May 2009, "Today" on BBC Radio 4 ran a short feature on the album, asking "Why aren't there more songs about cricket?" in which entertainment reporter (and 2006 Daily Telegraph Fantasy Cricket champion) Colin Paterson interviewed Hannon and Walsh about the album.
On 16 July 2009 the band appeared on the BBC's Test Match Special during the lunch break on the first day of the second Ashes Test Match against the Australian team at Lord's. They sang a new song named 'Test Match Special'.
"The Age of Revolution" was released as a download-only single on 28 June 2009. It was announced that a limited one-track physical promotional copy of the single would be available to press.
Hannon and Walsh were interviewed for The Chap (Aug/Sep 09 Issue) about the album and cricket. Amongst the points covered were a peerage for umpire Dickie Bird, the renaming of The Oval as The Ovaltine and the reduction of cricket beyond Twenty20 to just a coin toss.
Eponymous album
All songs written and composed by Neil Hannon and Thomas Walsh.
The Coin Toss - 1:08The Age Of Revolution - 3:56Gentlemen And Players - 3:18The Sweet Spot - 3:06Jiggery Pokery - 3:23Mason On The Boundary - 4:22Rain Stops Play - 1:13Meeting Mr. Miandad - 3:12The Nightwatchman - 4:49Flatten The Hay - 4:18Test Match Special - 4:02The End Of The Over - 2:50
