Troubled all-rounder Andrew Symonds [ Images ] was on Thursday fined 4000 Australian dollars for his radio rant against New Zealand [ Images ] wicket-keeper batsman Brendon McCullum [ Images ].

A Cricket Australia [ Images ] (CA) Code of Conduct Commission hearing upheld a charge against Symonds after he pleaded guilty for calling McCullum a "lump of s**t" during a radio interview last week.

At the CA hearing in Melbourne [ Images ], Code of Conduct Senior Commissioner Gordon Lewis found the controversial all-rounder guilty of breaching CA Code of Behaviour Rule 9 relating to detrimental public comment and issued a fine as penalty for the breach.

However, Symonds escaped a suspension after CA treated him as a first time offender of breach of Code of Behaviour.

The Queenslander is expected to make a public statement later on Thursday.