UAE were at one stage 9-5 during crushing defeat in Dubai
Tuesday 29 October 2019 19:15, UK
Netherlands cantered into the T20 World Cup after a superb bowling performance teed up a thumping eight-wicket win over UAE.
Hosts UAE were reduced to 9-5 in Tuesday's clash after electing to bat as the Dutch seamers, led by Brandon Glover (4-12), ran riot.
Fred Klaassen caught and bowled Rohan Mustafa (1) in the first over, before Paul van Meekeren had Rameez Shahad (0) and Mohammad Usman (0) caught behind by wicketkeeper Scott Edwards in the second.
Glover made it 4-4 when he pinned Darius D'Silva lbw for a duck in the third over, while UAE's horrendous start got even worse when Zawar Farid (5) pulled Glover to midwicket in the fifth.
Ahmed Raza's side were in danger of recording the lowest score in T20I history - which remains the 21 Turkey scored against Czech Republic in August - but eventually limped to 80-9 as Raza (22), Waheed Ahmed (19), Mohammad Boota (16) and Sultan Ahmed (11) made double figures.
The Dutch lost Max O'Dowd (5) early in the run chase and Colin Ackermann (18) in the 10th over but Ben Cooper (41no) and Ryan ten Doeschate (11no) took their team home with 29 balls in reserve and into a semi-final with Ireland on Friday.
Netherlands - who beat England in the 2009 and 2015 T20 World Cups - follow Ireland and Papua New Guinea in qualifying for next year's event in Australia, with Ireland and PNG's progression confirmed on Sunday when they topped their groups.
UAE can still claim one of the three remaining qualification spots but must defeat Scotland on Wednesday in a winner-takes-all clash, which you can watch live on Sky Sports Cricket from 10am.
In the other ICC World T20 Qualifier playoff played on Friday, Namibia beat Oman by 54 runs to also book a spot in next year's T20 World Cup.
JJ Smit top-scored for Namibia, blasting five sixes in a 25-ball 59, to help his side post an impressive 161-7 after they'd stuttered to 69-5 as late as the 13th over.
In reply, Khawar Ali cracked 41 from 25 deliveries at the top of the order, but Oman crumbled to 107 all out thereafter, bundled out with five balls of their innings to spare.
Oman now play Hong Kong, who they beat by seven wickets in the group stage, on Wednesday, with the winner taking the final T20 World Cup spot available - watch live on Sky Sports Cricket from 3.20pm.
