A six wickets win in Abu Dhabi extended Ireland's unbeaten run against the Netherlands to 15 games and the only disappointment for William Porterfield was that it was the fourth ball of the last over before they completed victory.

The one person who could not be blamed on a day of personal records was the captain. In his 50th Twenty20 international, he scored only his fourth half century, brought up by a superb reverse sweep. Two balls later he became the first Ireland batsman to score 1,000 runs in the shortest format and his next boundary took him past his previous best score of 58.

Still needing seven to win from the last over, Porterfield hit the first ball over the mid-wicket fence, his second maximum, and won the game with his ninth boundary, finishing 75 not out from 58 balls.

"It's nice to spend a bit of time in the middle and obviously nice to see it home with just four down, so it is pleasing," said the skipper. "It wasn't a perfect performance, we'd like to have done that with two overs to spare. And I think we were in a position to do that."

Indeed only six runs came off the 18th and 19th overs including Gary Wilson's wicket, but Porterfield ensured there would be no last over drama with his huge six.

The captain thought it was a good effort to restrict the Dutch to 139, especially as they had been 66 for one in the 10th, but he had Alex Cusack to thank for that.

The Clontarf all-rounder has the remarkable economy rate of 3.33 in T20 internationals and figures of two for 16 backed it up in his first international since July.