Cricket updates August 25 2017

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Sohail Khan back in Pakistan's T20 squad
Mohammad Hafeez, Kamran Akmal and Wahab Riaz, who were all part of Pakistan's last T20 series in the Caribbean, have been dropped

Stokes shares honours with Gabriel, Roach hauls
West Indies' new-ball bowlers took four wickets apiece as England were bowled out for 258, a total centered around Ben Stokes' sixth Test century

Realised offbreaks wouldn't help on this track - Dananjaya
Akila Dananjaya, who took 6 for 54, realised early on that the offbreak wouldn't be helpful against India in Pallekele and switched to bowling legbreaks and googlies instead

Wanted to play Dananjaya as someone who bowls googlies - Bhuvneshwar
Bhuvneshwar Kumar revealed that he was especially mindful of Dananjaya's incoming delivery and walked in with a plan to counter it, after hauling India to an improbable win in the second ODI

Notts overcame Hales controversy to return to Finals Day
The Trent Bridge quarter-final wasn't the runfest that may have been predicted as Notts' bowlers kept Somerset quiet then the middle order overcame a wobble

Our spinners better than Australia's at home - Shakib
The allrounder, who is set to play his first Test against Australia, is looking forward to complete a set of five-wicket hauls against all nine other Test countries

Faf du Plessis named captain of World XI to travel to Pakistan
Faf du Plessis will be joined by four South African team-mates in party that includes representatives from seven nations

Zaman, Hales among overseas players in T20 Global League draft
One-hundred and sixteen foreign players, including 10 Kolpak players, will be up for grabs in the inaugural player draft of South Africa's T20 Global League

Dhoni, Bhuvneshwar trump Dananjaya's 6 for 54
Bhuvneshwar Kumar and MS Dhoni added an unbroken 100, an Indian record for the eighth wicket, to turn the tables on Sri Lanka and lead India to a three-wicket win