Summary The team spokesman said there was no immediate word on a penalty for Hazlewood.
CHRISTCHURCH (AFP) - Australian fast bowler Josh Hazlewood pleaded guilty to dissent Tuesday following a profanity-laced confrontation with the umpires in the second Test against New Zealand, an Australian team spokesman said.
Tempers flared after a Hazlewood lbw appeal for the wicket of Kane Williamson was turned down. Hazlewood was heard to use a swear word as players angrily converged on the umpires.
The team spokesman said there was no immediate word on a penalty for Hazlewood.
The stumps microphones at Hagley Oval picked up the obscenity from Hazlewood and others when the Australians converged on umpires Richard Kettleborough and Ranmore Martinesz.
Hazlewood s appeal for the wicket of Williamson on 88 was rejected by Martinesz in the last over before lunch and the third umpire Richard Illingworth, after reviewing a replay, agreed Williamson was not out.
Australian fast bowler Jackson Bird said the angry reaction was down to frustration after a tough morning in the field in which they failed to take a wicket.
"We bowled pretty well in the first session and we probably thought it was out, but those 50-50 calls either go your way or they don t," he said.
"It was probably the frustration of the whole session. We d bowled pretty well and hadn t got a wicket and we d been pretty close a couple of times."
