LIVE: Cricket Australia slams 'untrue' barber shop rumour

A bizarre rumour involving a United Kingdom barber store and Australian wicketkeeper Alex Carey was pushed by erstwhile England skipper Alastair Cook, but Cricket Australia has changeable down the claim.

Leeds barber Adam Mahmood told The Sun paper that Carey had near his cash-only barber store without paying and that helium had fixed the touring gloveman until Monday to wage backmost the A$57.

Cook gave the rumour oxygen connected BBC vigor during time 2 of the 3rd Ashes Test.

"He says, 'One of them, I deliberation Alex is his name'. I said, 'Alex Carey. Wicketkeeper?'" said Cook, who was astatine the aforesaid barber store getting a haircut.

"He says, 'He hasn't paid'.

"It was 1 of those cash-only barbers and helium promised him helium would bash a transportation aboriginal connected successful the day.

"True story," Cook added.

"He mightiness person paid by now."

According to News Corp, Cricket Australia has emphatically denied the assertion and adjacent said that Carey had not had a haircut since the squad was successful London for the World Test Championship last successful aboriginal June.

According to Cricket Australia, a antithetic Australian squad subordinate had visited the barber store and paid by planetary transfer. The governing assemblage said the squad subordinate had a receipt and would instrumentality to the barber store to wide up the matter.

Australian vice-captain Steve Smith whacked The Sun paper successful a station connected societal media level Threads.

"I tin corroborate Alex Carey has not had a haircut since we were successful London," Smith wrote.

"Get your facts close The Sun."