National School League

National School League
Abbreviation NSL
First event 23rd May 2014
Occur every Year
Purpose Promote Youth Sports
Headquarters United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Organiser Sport360
Website Sport360

The National School League (NSL) is a nationwide youth sport program developed by Sport 360 that spans multiple sports. It aims to promote youth sports by forming official leagues, and through increased media coverage.

Cricket

Overview

The league was endorsed by the Emirates Cricket Board, entry for schools opened and the league was successful in attaining the required number of teams. A dedicated website was created to provide a variety of media coverage through an online platform. The first match began on the 17th of October 2014[1] with the grand final taking place on the 14th of February 2015.

Preceding the start of the league was a press conference[2] held at the ICC Global Academy, with invitations sent out to all of the schools participating.[3] It was led by title sponsors Unilever and Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, David East the chief of the Emirates Cricket Board, Michael Chalhoub CEO of Sport 360 and several high-ranking members of the ICC Academy.

General numeric data for 2014/2015

Locations for 2014/2015

Format

The format is similar to the Indian Premier League system in which the teams play a round-robin phase followed by a round of 16 straight knockout phase.

Regions consisted of Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Dubai group 1, and Dubai group 2.

The round robin tournament was region specific. Group leaders at the end of the stage would have a bye through the first round of playoffs with second and third place from the round robin tournament playing again to decide progression.

After the first stage of playoffs, the group leaders would play the progressing team in the quarterfinal. Dubai was an exception, with the quarterfinal crossing over the teams due to having two groups.

Semifinals were cross regional and used a random ballot draw[4] to decide which teams would play against each other for a spot in the Grand final.

The ICC Global Academy hosted the quarterfinals, semifinals and final matches.

Notable players of 2014/2015 season

Batsman

Name School Matches Innings NO 100’s 50’s 4’s 6’s HS Runs Average BF S/R
India Fazal (U13) Emirates Future International School 7 6 1 0 4 32 0 75 284 56.80 187 151.87
India Aryan Lakra (U13) Delhi Private School 6 6 2 0 4 31 0 69 264 66.00 199 132.66
India Jonathan Figy John (U15) Abu Dhabi Indian School 8 8 2 0 1 29 1 75 258 43.00 243 106.17
Pakistan Muhammad Shahdad (U15) Wellington International School 5 5 1 0 2 17 1 64 223 55.75 215 103.72

Bowlers

Name School Matches BB M R W 5WI 10WM BBI Average S/R Econ
India Varun Ravi (U13) GEMS Modern Academy 6 106 2 67 12 0 0 4/1 5.58 8.83 3.79
India Aryan Lakra (U13) Delhi Private School 6 96 2 72 11 0 0 4/17 6.55 8.73 4.50
India Abhishek Prakash (U15) Abu Dhabi Indian School 9 144 0 141 12 0 0 4/17 11.75 12.00 5.88
India Menon Devnath (U15) Delhi Private School Sharjah 7 138 1 75 12 0 0 3/12 6.25 11.50 3.26


Basketball

Overview

Basketball was the second sport picked up by the National School League due to popularity in the youth population. The League was endorsed by the UAE Basketball Association[5] in order for it to be recognized as legitimate and following all necessary rules and regulations.

The League began on the 16th of May[6] with the final on the 6th of June. [7]

The aim of the league is to promote a healthy lifestyle in youth residing in the UAE and to initiate a grassroots system looking to uncover sporting talent in the region.[8]

Winners

U14

Delhi Private School Sharjah

U16

Victoria International School Sharjah

General Numeric Data for 2015

Locations

League Format

Region specific round robin tournament format, followed by a straight knockout series with regions mixed.

Notable players of 2015 Season

Name Points Rebounds Blocks Assists Steals
India Ainul Abid Nazar (U14) 80 35 0 4 15
Philippines Brandon James Chan (U14) 80 4 0 4 14
United States Hashim Hazeem (U16) 100 82 19 6 2

References

  1. ↑ "First day article". Sport360. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "NSL Cricket press conference article". Sport360. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Video showing presence of children at press conference". Sport360. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Video of random ballot draw". Sport360. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Article with UAE Basketball Association technical director". Sport360. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Article with general overview and dates". Sport360. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Article regarding entire season". Sport360. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "Article regarding grassroots and talent scouting". Sport360. Retrieved 28 June 2015.

See also

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