BRISBANE: Australian batsman Matthew Hayden was reprimanded by Cricket Australia (CA) for calling Indian off-spinnere Harbhajan Singh an “obnoxious weed” during a radio interview.

CA’s code of conduct commissioner, Ron Beazley, “issued a reprimand to Hayden... as penalty for the breach” after a hearing in Melbourne today. Hayden was charged under rule nine of the CA Code of Behaviour.