Jersey stunned Scotland with a final-ball, one-wicket victory but just missed out on qualifying for the T20 World Cup for the first time.
Needing one run from the last delivery with nine wickets down, Jake Dunford scrambled the required single.
The part-time Channel Islanders then had to hope the last fixture of the European Qualifier went their way but a big win for the Netherlands against Italy meant they dropped from second place to third on net run-rate.
Italy will make their tournament bow in India and Sri Lanka next year, while the Dutch topped the five-team table.
Scotland miss out on a fifth successive T20 World Cup, having been the highest ranked side at the event.
“The next few hours is potentially life defining for some of our guys, but there’s nothing really we can do about it except to enjoy our victory,” Jersey captain Charles Perchard had told ICCTV after a famous win.
“Years of graft and hard work and some real disappointments all led up to this moment and we’re delighted.
“We’ve never beaten a side as good as Scotland before, so there was definitely some nerves in the camp.
“The coaches were trying to tell us to stay level and maybe we did, maybe we didn’t, but we got over the line in the end.”
Nick Greenwood top scored for Jersey with 49 as they set about chasing Scotland’s modest 133-7.
But wickets started to tumble as nerves kicked in, including two frantic run-outs.
Ben Ward got Jersey back on track with thumping six in the penultimate over, only to be denied by a fantastic catch from Brandon McMullen when taking aim for the boundary again.
That left Perchard and Dunford, batters 10 and 11, with five runs to get from the last four balls, which they managed to spark scenes of wild celebrations.
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