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Grant Flower, the former Zimbabwean international, told Neil Manthorp, hosting talksport’s Following On Cricket podcast about the time Younis Khan held a knife to his throat. Flower, Pakistan’s batting coach between 2014 and 2019, said the incident occurred in Australia and then-pakistan coach Mickey Arthur had to intervene. “Younis Khan… quite tough to master… obviously, a brilliant career. I remember one incident in Brisbane, during the Test, at breakfast I tried to give him a bit of batting advice, not that my career was anywhere near his regarding stats, as he is the highest scorer in Pakistan Test cricket. But he didn’t take kindly to my advice and brought a knife to my throat, with Mickey Arthur sitting alongside, who had to intervene. Yeah, it’s been interesting. But that’s part of coaching. It makes it a hell of a journey,” Flower said. A Pakistan Cricket Board source told the Hindustan Times the incident wasn’t that serious: “The impression being spread by Grant Flower is not entirely true. Younis apparently had jokingly picked up the butter knife and waved it around telling Grant to just let him have his breakfast and not give advice at the breakfast table.”