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The Dutch bow out after a comprehensive defeat while Pakistan put a shocking display against England behind them thanks to their outstanding spin duo Saaed Ajmal (4-0-20-3) and Shahid Afridi (4-0-11-4).

Pakistan's 175-5 was always going to be out of reach for the Associate nation but 151 would have been enough to see them through, at the expense of their opponent, on run-rate.

Darron Reekers got his side off to a flying start with a quickfire 13 (including three boundaries) but he then top-edged a pull to Sohail Tanvir at deep backward square leg.

Alexei Kervezee was dropped by Salman Butt, on 9, at short fine leg as Pakistan, and Butt in particular, carried on their slack fielding from the benchmark set in their opening match.

Spin then took hold to strangle the life out of the Dutch as they folded from 42-1 to 93 all out.

Afridi yorked Zuiderent (13) with his first delivery and then Borren top-edged a sweep off Ajmal to Butt, who clung on this time at short fine-leg. Ajmal struck for a second time in the over when Kervezee flailed at the off-spinner and extra bounce undid the batsman to give Kamran Akmal a comfortable stumping.

Tom de Grooth was bowled by an Afridi googly as the Dutch had no answer to the slow bowlers. Daan van Bunge lasted just two deliveries before he advanced down the track to Afridi and missed a full toss - wicketkeeper Akmal taking the ball tidily outside off-stump and removing the bails with the batsman nowhere to be seen.

Ryan ten Doeschate (14) showed some defiance when he slog-swept Shoaib Malik to midwicket for six - the first boundary for 36 balls. The Essex all-rounder was undone by a quicker delivery four balls later, however, when Malik fired wide of the off-stump, leaving Akmal to effect his third stumping.

Edgar Schiferli holed out to long-off in Afridi's last over to cap a fine display from the leg-spinner - the fourth best analysis in Twenty20 International cricket.

Ajmal then returned to remove Nannes and give Akmal his fourth stumping victim in the process.

Umar Gul ended the innings in emphatic fashion when uprooted Pieter Seelaar's off-stump, leaving captain Jeroen Smits unbeaten on 11.

Pakistan's total had earlier been boosted by a late flurry to take the wind out of the Dutch sails after a tidy bowling and fielding display up until the last five overs.

The Asian nation made two changes from their opening defeat against England with Fawad Alam replacing Ahmed Shehzad in the batting line-up and Tanvir deputising for hamstring-victim Yasir Arafat amongst the bowlers.

Pakistan openers Akmal and Butt took to Schiferli's bowling from the off, with the latter smacking the first six of the innings - over cover - in his second over. In all, Schiferli's first two overs went for 24.

Ten Doeschate replaced Nannes, after a tidy two-over burst from the left-armer that cost just 10 runs, and struck with his third ball when Butt (18) picked out Borren at short extra-cover, who nonchalantly plucked the ball from the air.

Akmal and Malik added 43 for the second wicket, helped by Zuiderent at backward point who dropped Malik on 14 at backward point off Ten Doeschate.

Akmal then gave ten Doeschate further cause for regret with a six through cover in the same over that cost 10 in all.

Pieter Seelaar, whose first over had gone for just four, switched to the Pavilion End and Akmal (41 off 30 balls) swept the left-armer to midwicket, where Schiferli took a juggling catch.

Malik (30) was another batsman to perish on the midwicket boundary when he swung Borren to Seelaar, who took a nicely judged catch.

Twenty seven deliveries lapsed between boundaries until Misbah-ul-Haq (31 not out off 20 balls) then steered Seelaar to third man.

Pakistan entered the last five overs on 115 but a late surge, during which they hit 60, left the Dutch with a mountain to climb.

Ten Doeschate's final over was the most expensive to date, costing 15, including a massive on-side six by Younus Khan.

The Pakistan captain (36 off 20 balls) then set about taking the game away from the Dutch with successive sixes off Seelaar in the spinner's final over. The youngster exacted a modicum of revenge in the same over when he holed out to long-on but another boundary off the last ball, by Misbah, took the over tally to 17.

Afridi (13 off 7 balls) slammed Nannes for a colossal six over long-on in the final over but the paceman got his revenge next ball when he plucked out the batsman's leg-stump.

The Netherlands thus exit the tournament but have enriched it with their enthusiasm and not inconsiderable skill.