The culprit is more likely to come from those candidates.
New Zealand had few answers as the Australians either pitched the ball on a good length or used the appreciable bounce of the Patumahoe clay to test backward defences. The first seven dismissals came from edges behind the wicket.
Kane Williamson and Martin Guptill showed glimpses of form, but that entertainment proved short-lived; they fell for 16 and 18 respectively within the space of seven balls.
Hazlewood's four wickets were reward for an uncompromising line and length which tested the New Zealanders in the corridor of uncertainty.
His opening spell of eight overs from the RA Vance End, saw him remove both openers and Brendon McCullum. After lunch, his dessert was B-J Watling.
"We bowled well as a unit," Hazlewood said. "Credit also goes to Peter Siddle and Mitch Marsh bowling into the wind from that [Adelaide Rd] end.
"Bowling partnerships make a big difference. It was a case of drying up one end by building dots and pressure which ends in wickets."
"You've got to hand it to the way the Aussies bowled, they got it in the right areas which made it tough to score," New Zealand's Mark Craig added.
"I wouldn't say it was seaming massively, but once they bowled that slightly fuller length it was doing enough to grab both edges with the newer ball."