The Oranje all but secured their place in South Africa as they stayed well clear at the top of Group Nine after five games thanks to first-half goals from Kuyt either side of Klaas Jan Huntelaar's strike. Rafael van der Vaart added some gloss to the scoreline in the 88th minute.

The Dutch were again in irrepressible form following Saturday's 3-0 defeat of Scotland, and victories over Norway, Iceland and tonight's opposition last year.

The Scots, meanwhile, bounced back from their weekend loss at the Amsterdam ArenA to keep their World Cup dream alive with a crucial 2-1 win over Iceland at Hampden thanks to first international goals from Ross McCormack and Steven Fletcher.

Indridi Sigurdsson had levelled for the visitors but George Burley's men managed to claim the three points which allows them to put distance between them and their nearest rivals in second place in the pool.

Just hours earlier it emerged that captain Barry Ferguson and goalkeeper Allan McGregor - who had made his competitive debut in Holland - were dropped from the team for a breach of discipline.