DHARAMSALA, India: Paul van Meekeren bagged four wickets to help Netherlands notch up a consolation 12-run win via Duckworth/Lewis method in their final match of the World T20 in Dharamsala Sunday.

Invited to bat in the inconsequential group tie, the Dutch openers had to wait for more than two and a half hours to take to the field with the rain-affected game reduced to 6-overs-a-side.

Left-hander Stephen Myburgh struck an 18-ball 27 to help Netherlands post 59 for five and the bowlers did well to defend the total.

Medium-pacer Van Meekeren (4-11 from 2 overs) tore into the Irish batting getting good support from left-arm spinner Roelof van der Merwe, who picked up two scalps, to restrict Ireland to 47 for seven.

“It’s special, I’m not sure if it’s happened yet. We had been preparing for this for the last three weeks, maybe six months, and it worked out well,” said an out-of-breath Van Meekeren after the win.

Both Netherlands and Ireland were hard done by rain abandoned games in their respective second outings after losing their opening matches to Bangladesh and Oman.

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Netherlands innings:

Stephan Myburgh run out 27

Tom Cooper c Rankin b Dockrell 0

Roelof van der Merwe c Murtagh b Dockrell 2

Wesley Barresi st Niall O’Brien b Dockrell 8

Peter Borren run out 14

Mudassar Bukhari not out 0

Extras: 8

Total: (for 5 wkts) 59

Overs: 6

Fall of wkts: 1-10, 2-12, 3-33, 4-58, 5-59

Bowling: Tim Murtagh 1-0-9-0, George Dockrell 2-0-7-3, Andy McBrine 1-0-16-0 (1w), Kevin O’Brien 1-0-12-0, Boyd Rankin 1-0-9-0.

Ireland innings:

W. Porterfield c B. Cooper b Gugten 5

P. Stirling c van der Merwe b Meekeren 15

K. O’Brien c Seelaar b Meekeren 0

G. Wilson c Gugten b Merwe 4

Niall O’Brien not out 4

A. Poynter c Cooper b Merwe 0

M.Soensen b Meekeren 9

G. Dockrell b Meekeren 0

Andy McBrine not out 1

Extras: 9

Total: (for 7 wkts) 47

Overs: 6

Fall of wkts: 1-19, 2-28, 3-28, 4-33, 5-33, 6-44, 7-44.

Bowling: Ahsan Malik 1-0-5-0, Timm van der Gugten 1-0-17-1 (1w), Paul van Meekeren 2-0-11-4, Roelof van der Merwe 1-0-3-2, Mudassar Bukhari 1-0-5-0.