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. The tournament was won by the United States, who defeated Oman in the final by 13 runs. Both the finalists were promoted to the 2017 Division Three tournament. The bottom two teams, Jersey and Italy, were relegated to Division Five. Jersey's Corey Bisson was the leading run-scorer, while Denmark's Aftab Ahmed and American pace bowler

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were the equal leading wicket-takers. Oman's

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, an all-rounder, was named player of the tournament. After the conclusion of the tournament, the United States captain Steven Taylor said that "this victory means a lot to us, especially as it came with the home crowd behind us". The United States coach

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said "I wouldn't have settled for runner-up in the final" and that he was "very happy how things went in the final".

Teams

The following teams qualified: * (5th in

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)

Venue

All matches were played at

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, Los Angeles.

Preparation

Bermuda prepared for the tournament by playing four exhibition games in Toronto against club teams and a High Performance XI. Canada traveled to Bermuda to play three 50 over matches. The United States held a five-day camp in

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between 17 and 21 September. This included two 50 over matches against a Marylebone Cricket Club side. The United States also played Canada in the Auty Cup on 13, 14 and 16 October 2016 in Los Angeles.

Squads

* Srini Santhanam was originally named in the U.S. squad, but was replaced by Ravi Timbawala after suffering a pre-tournament injury. *

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was originally named in Bermuda's squad, but was replaced by Janeiro Tucker after breaking a finger in a warm-up match."Fray injury latest blow for poor Bermuda"
''The Royal Gazette'', 25 October 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016. * Denmark's captain Michael Pedersen left the tournament on 1 November to attend to a family emergency, with Amjad Khan standing in as captain in his absence. * Due to several members of the squad suffering injuries during the tournament, Tony Carlyon, Jersey's 46-year-old team manager, was called into the team for the final match of the tournament.

Round-robin

Points table

Fixtures

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Playoffs

Fifth-place playoff

Third-place playoff

First-place playoff

Statistics

Most runs

The top five run-scorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored and then by batting average. Source
ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets

The top five wicket-takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by

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. Source
ESPNcricinfo

References

External links

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