If the Dutch had given a Dr Jekyll performance on Tuesday to see off Canada, it was Mr van Hyde who turned up at the Dubai International Stadium on Wednesday, as the UAE batsmen took full advantage of a disappointing effort in the field to secure a resounding six-wicket victory.

Put in to bat after Khurram Khan won the toss, The Netherlands produced a batting display which fell into four parts: an impressive start in the initial powerplay which saw them reach 65 for two; a remarkable collapse in which Zuiderent, Ten Doeschate and De Grooth all departed in the space of seven deliveries for the addition of just one run; a fine partnership between Daan van Bunge and Peter Borren to restore the Dutch fortunes; and a final flurry which got them through to a solid 164 for eight.

Van Bunge’s innings was terrific: he began by smashing Ahmed Raza for two big sixes, and in all he hit six fours and four sixes in a 48-ball knock of 79. He was initially supported by an equally aggressive Bas Zuiderent, whose 13-ball 24 also included three sixes as the Dutch took on the Emirati spinners.

Peter Borren played a contrasting hand, accumulating his not-out 32 from 35 deliveries without a single boundary, but his running between the wickets put enormous pressure on the UAE fielders.

The spinners were not as effective as they had been against Kenya, but the star of the show was seamer Qasim Zubair, who dismissed Kervezee early on, then got rid of Zuiderent and Ten Doeschate in a single over, and came back at the end to claim Van Bunge and Mudassar Bukhari, ending with figures of five for 24.

164 should have been enough, but an unaccountably undisciplined performance by the bowlers let the UAE back into the game once more. The Dutch were, it is true, without Edgar Schiferli, who had injured a knee while fielding against Canada and is unlikely to play again in the tournament, but that was hardly an excuse – off-spinner Mohammad Kashif, who came into the side in his stead, was the pick of the Netherlands bowlers.

But the rest were unable to maintain a consistent line and length, conceding a total of eleven wides. Even so, the UAE were in some trouble at 67 for four, despite keeping up a cracking tempo, Bukhari and Ten Doeschate picking up a wicket apiece and Borren, at point, producing an absolutely stunning piece of fielding to run out Saqib Ali off the first ball he faced, throwing down the wicket at the bowler’s end while lying prone on the ground.

Had either of two chances been held, the first of them when Naeemuddin Aslam was on two, the game might have swung the Netherlands’ way, but Naeem and Khurram Khan made sure they profited from these mistakes and the wayward bowling, hitting anything loose to most parts of the stadium.

Khurram’s sweeping was particularly effective, while Naeem displayed a wider range of shots in making 60 from 48 deliveries, an innings which included only two fours and two sixes. Khurram hit five boundaries in his 35-ball 52, reaching his half-century with a straight drive which brought the winning boundary.

So the Emiratis are through to the Super Four, while the Dutch must beat a resurgent Kenya on Thursday to join them. To do that, the bowlers will need to rediscover the control which saw them rein in England not so long ago.