Australian captain Steve Smith was booed by the Seddon Park crowd, when he expressed disappointment over the controversial dismissal off Mitchell Marsh just when he was looking dangerous.

Marsh departed the crease furious to given out caught and bowled off his boot, when umpire Ian Gould was initially not interested until the shot was shown on the big screen.

Marsh had scored 41 off 42 balls and looked to be steering Australia toward victory, when he hit a ball jammed into the blockhole straight back to bowler Matt Henry.

1 of 6 ANDREW CORNAGA/PHOTOSPORT Australia captain Steve Smith exchanges a few frank words with his Black Caps counterpart Brendon McCullum after the controversial dismissal of Mitchell Marsh sparked New Zealand into life to clinch the Chappell-Hadlee series. 2 of 6 ANDREW CORNAGA/PHOTOSPORT Smith was visibly upset during the post-match handshakes. 3 of 6 HANNAH PETERS/GETTY IMAGES Brendon McCullum walks away from a seething Steve Smith. 4 of 6 GETTY IMAGES Smith airs his frustrations with match referee Chris Broad over Mitchell Marsh's dismissal. 5 of 6 ANDREW CORNAGA/PHOTOSPORT Mitchell Marsh makes his way back to the pavilion after he the umpire was initially unmoved by Matt Henry's caught-and-bowled. 6 of 6 GETTY IMAGES Mitchell Marsh fumes on his way back to the pavilion.

It looked like Marsh had played it safely into the ground, yet Henry made a muted appeal, to which umpire Ian Gould of England gave no response.

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GETTY IMAGES Mitchell Marsh fumes after his controversial dismissal.

But then the shot showed on the big screen, and the crowd roared for blood when it seemed to show the ball bouncing off Marsh's front foot and back to Henry's waiting hands.

Moments later the big screen showed a giant OUT, the crowd was happy, Marsh was not.

Smith said he was "a bit disappointed about it" when Gould opted to go to third umpire S Ravi, after protestations from New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum and Henry.

GETTY IMAGES Smith protests to match referee Chris Broad over Marsh's unusual dismissal.

He felt the appeal had been half-hearted.

But boos turned to cheers when Smith said the correct decision was made.

"The right decision was made - he was out - there was no doubt about that."

HANNAH PETERS/GETTY IMAGES Australia captain Steve Smith was less than impressed after Mitchell Marsh was controversially dismissed.

Marsh left clearly unhappy, seemingly expressing his deep unhappiness to anyone within earshot.

Australia were 164-6 chasing 247 to win. The hole created by Marsh's misfortune grew deeper 15 runs later when John Hastings, their other batting hero from Westpac Stadium on Saturday, fell for 6.

In the first match of the three-match series, Australian opener David Warner was given out lbw and decided not to challenge the call. The big screen showed he was clearly not out, but by then it was too late.