Heavy rain in Dharamsala put paid to the Netherlands' match against Oman, and brought an anti-climactic end to their hopes of qualifying for the main draw.

Having come up short against Bangladesh in a hard-fought game on Wednesday, the result means that the Netherlands T20 is effectively over. With no reserve days alotted to group stage games, they have only a dead-rubber against Ireland on Sunday to look forward to, weather permitting.

For Oman, coming off the high of their dramatic win against the Irish, the weather forecast for Sunday makes for more nervous reading. They currently trail Bangladesh narrowly on net run rate and would be dumped out of the tournament with only the consolation of unbeaten record should the rain return.

An overnight downpoor had inundated the field, and though a brief break in the weather and the tireless efforts of groundstaff permitted a toss, won by Oman who elected wait without their pads on, the rain soon returned and eventually washed away remaining hope.

A disconsolate Peter Borren, looking back on the Dutch qualifying campaign, said after the abandonment, "There are obviously questions about how much we've had to do to get to this stage as it is. We've won a lot of games and an eight-run loss to Bangladesh and we're gone. It's hard to take. we could done a lot of things better in that game it will haunt us for a while. We don't get a lot of opportunities at this stage. As someone says, our next chance could be in four years time".