Netherlands 374 for 9 (Nidamanuru 111, Edwards 67, Chase 3-77) tied with West Indies 374 for 6 (Pooran 104*, King 76, Zulfiqar 2-43). Netherlands won the Super Over

And if you thought that was enough madness for the day, van Beek bashed 4, 6, 4, 6, 6, 4 to hammer the most runs ever in a one-over eliminator. In reply, West Indies lost two wickets for eight runs, and that was it. As a result, Netherlands took two vital points into the Super Sixes of the World Cup Qualifier, leaving West Indies with nothing to carry forward after being beaten by both Netherlands and Zimbabwe. Two-time World Cup champions are now teetering, hoping to make it to the World Cup proper in India.

At the crease was none other than van Beek. The first three legal balls of the 49th over disappeared for 4, 6, 4. Nine needed off six balls. Four more from van Beek. But there was a twist. With one to get from the last ball, he pulled to mid-on, where Jason Holder tumbled to his right to grab the ball. It would be given out only with Alzarri Joseph's front leg just being within limits.

Van Beek hit 28 at a strike rate of 200 during the run chase after Nidamaduru belted 111 off just 76 balls, with 11 fours and three sixes. Edwards, meanwhile, smashed 67 from 47, as not only did they find boundaries at will, but also made the West Indies fielders look clueless by often converting ones into twos, and twos into threes.

Pooran was on 7 off 17 balls at one stage. He took Saqib Zulfiqar for a four and a six in the 35th over. In the 39th, he targetted the same bowler with a six and four again, before reaching his fifty in the 40th with another run of boundaries off Vivian Kingma.

West Indies added 118 in the last ten overs. Pooran reached his second century of the World Cup Qualifier in the penultimate over of the innings, but it was Keemo Paul who punished Netherlands in the final over. He ransacked Aryan Dutt for 20 to propel his side to 374. But who knew even that wouldn't prove enough in the end?