Alastair Cook apologises for spreading Alex Carey haircut hearsay

Former Australia captain Alastair Cook has apologised for spreading pretend hearsay about Alex Carey not paying the hairdresser after a haircut.

“The barber says the Australians had been in. He didn’t know his cricket very well, so he was telling me what they looked like,” Cook mentioned whereas talking on BBC Test Match Special on the opening day of the third Ashes Test.

“He mentioned Marnus (Labuschagne), the humorous one. Then David Warner had a haircut, Usman (Khawaja) had a haircut and he says, ‘Oh there’s one other one …’

“He says, ‘One of them, I think Alex is his name’. I mentioned, ‘Alex Carey, wicketkeeper?’

“He says, ‘He hasn’t paid’. It was a kind of cash-only barbers, and he promised him he would do a switch in a while within the day.

“True story. He might have paid by now.”

Adam Mahmood, who works at Doc Barnet’s Barber Shop in Leeds, informed The Sun: “We don’t settle for playing cards, and Alex mentioned he had no money on him.

‘There’s a Tesco money machine actually not far away he might have run to.

“He might have nipped again to their resort and been not more than 5 minutes, however as a substitute he mentioned he would switch it.

“Maybe he forgot. I’m giving him the benefit of the doubt, but if it’s not paid by Monday, I won’t be happy.”

However, Cricket Australia and Steve Smith has quashed this hearsay has made it clear that the Carey hasn’t obtained a haircut or visited a barber since final month’s World Test Championship closing in London.

“I can confirm Alex Carey has not had a haircut since we were in London. Get your facts right The Sun,” Australian vice-captain Steve Smith posted to Threads.

Cook on Saturday has apologised for the misunderstanding. “There’s also been a bit of fuss around on a rainy day, a bit of news about a haircut which might have been discussed on radio the other day,” he informed BBC TMS.

“A case of mistaken identity, so I apologise for the mistaken identity to Alex Carey.”