Lee gulity of dissent

Brett Lee has been officially reprimanded for dissent during Australia's third Test against South Africa at Sydney. It was found that Lee had breached the ICC code of conduct on the first day of the match and appeared at a hearing with the ICC match referee, Chris Broad, at the end of the second day.

Lee's breach of the code was at level one, which means he escaped a more severe punishment which could have included suspension. All level one breaches carry a minimum penalty of an official reprimand and a maximum penalty of a fifty per cent fine of a player's match fee.

Lee was reported by Aleem Dar, Billy Bowden and Bob Parry, the third umpire, for a level one offence in the 25th over of South Africa's first innings. He had an lbw appeal against Jaques Kallis turned down by Dar and television replays this morning showed Lee asking Dar why it was not out. Broad reached his conclusion after a hearing attended by all three umpires, the Australian team manager Steve Bernard, captain Ricky Ponting and Lee.