Alastair Cook apologises for spreading Alex Carey haircut rumour

Former Australia captain Alastair Cook has apologised for spreading fake rumour 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 said while speaking on BBC Test Match Special on the opening day of the third Ashes Test.
“He said Marnus (Labuschagne), the funny one. Then David Warner had a haircut, Usman (Khawaja) had a haircut and he says, ‘Oh there’s another one …’
“He says, ‘One of them, I think Alex is his name’. I said, ‘Alex Carey, wicketkeeper?’

“He says, ‘He hasn’t paid’. It was one of those cash-only barbers, and he promised him he would do a transfer later on in the day.
“True story. He might have paid now.”
Adam Mahmood, who works at Doc Barnet’s Barber Shop in Leeds, told The Sun: “We don’t accept cards, and Alex said he had no cash on him.
‘There’s a Tesco cash machine literally round the corner he could have run to.
“He could have nipped back to their hotel and been no more than five minutes, but instead he said he would transfer it.
“Maybe he forgot. I’m giving him the benefit of the doubt, but if it’s not paid Monday, I won’t be happy.”
However, Cricket Australia and Steve Smith has quashed this rumour has made it clear that the Carey hasn’t received a haircut or visited a barber since last month’s World Test Championship final 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 told BBC TMS.
“A case of maken identity, so I apologise for the maken identity to Alex Carey.”