Nolan Ryan congressional district; his hometown of Alvin was located in the district. On April 7, 2011, Todd Staples announced that Nolan Ryan would be his statewide chairman for his exploratory committee for lieutenant governor. Ryan is quoted as saying, "Todd Staples is the top prospect for the Texas Republican Party in 2014." Staples, however, lost out in that race to current Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick of Houston. Nolan Ryan Lynn Nolan Ryan Jr. (born January 31, 1947), nicknamed The Ryan Express, is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher and a previous chief executive officer (CEO) of the Texas Rangers. He
100-ball cricket six-ball overs, and a 10-ball over, a 20-delivery shortfall on traditional twenty20 matches. Various groups have come up with different positives and negatives of this type of system. The loss of 20 balls per innings, vis-a-vis a T20 match, will help to ensure that the competition fits comfortably into a three-hour window. the proposed 10-ball final over may require buy-in from MCC's law-makers, seeing as Law 17.1 that currently states: "The ball shall be bowled from each end alternately in overs of 6 balls each." Some experts have stated that proposals for the new format outlined by the ECB are,