Australia deny Alex Carey did not pay Leeds barber for a £30 haircut
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n already controversial Ashes sequence took a weird activate a rain-affected day at Headingley as Australia had been compelled to disclaim that wicketkeeper Alex Carey did not pay a Leeds barber for a haircut.
The unusual accusation was aired by Sir Alastair Cook throughout a Test Match Special broadcast earlier this week, the previous England captain claiming the barber in query had advised him in regards to the incident.
“The barber says the Australians had been in,” Cook defined. “He didn’t know his cricket very well, so he was telling me what they looked like.
“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.”
However, Cricket Australia have since rubbished the hearsay, insisting that Carey has not even had a haircut since final month’s World Test Championship remaining towards India in London.
Adam Mahmood of Doc Barnet’s Barber Shop advised The Sun he would “not be happy” if the cost has not been made by Monday.
Australia confirmed that one in all their gamers did go to the barbershop, however subsequently paid for his or her trim through financial institution switch and has a receipt as proof.
The story proved minor distraction as rain continued to fall at Headingley, wiping out the primary two periods of the Third day, with Australia as a result of resume their second innings with a lead of 142 and 6 wickets nonetheless in hand.