Former Golden Point captain Josh White will suit up against North Ballarat on Saturday after fronting the Ballarat Cricket Association independent tribunal on Wednesday evening.
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The top order bat was cleared of any wrongdoing following an altercation with Mt Clear's Ash George in a heated BCA firsts clash last Saturday.
Tempers flared after George, trying to intercept the ball, fell on top of White's bat at the non-strikers end.
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"Sam Younghusband hit a ball and Ash tried to dive out and stop the ball and fell on top of Josh and Josh was accused of kicking him," Golden Point captain Andrew Warrick recalled of the incident.
"It was disappointing he got accused of that."
Mt Clear captain Jarrod Burns said some of his players 'saw red' following the incident, prompting him to calm down his troops.
"He's not a bloke to intentionally hurt anyone, but I had to calm them all down," he said.
Golden Point will chase its first win in five weeks against the Roosters at Northern Oval. Despite the slow start to the season, Warrick said there was plenty of time to turn things around.
"We've got the cattle to do it, we are playing bits and pieces of good cricket and we think we can get the job done at the right time if we can sneak into the top six," he said.
North Ballarat meanwhile will enter the match unchanged after chasing down Buninyong last Saturday.
Rosters captain Mick Nolan said a win would be an ideal way to see out 2020.
"It would be a massive confidence booster for everyone to know we are thereabout, and are a good show this season," he said.
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