The game that never took place still counts on the points table.
But just how many points Otago and Auckland will rescue from the abandoned Plunket Shield match at the University of Otago Oval last week is uncertain.
No play was possible on the first three days of the match, due to poor weather and a damp outfield.
On Saturday, the sun finally emerged and hopes were high there would be some cricket. But the surface was still deemed too wet in places for the fixture to go ahead safely.
The umpires decided to reassess after an early lunch break. But even if play was possible after lunch, there was not enough time remaining to play a meaningful match so the common-sense decision was reached to call the game off.
It is not the first time a game has been called off in the city without a ball bowled.
There have been two test matches go that way. The 1989 match against Pakistan at Carisbrook never got under way and the 1998 game against India suffered the same fate.
In fact, there have been just seven tests abandoned without a ball bowled in the history of test cricket and Dunedin and Old Trafford, in Manchester, account for four of them.
Volts coach Rob Walter said under the Plunket Shield playing conditions teams picked up four competition points for games abandoned because of poor weather.
But if the game is abandoned for reasons outside of weather, then the teams are awarded the average amount of points scored in the other games during the round.
"My understanding is because it was not necessarily the weather that created the issue - it was more around the ground drainage - that might be the case. But we are still waiting to hear.
"A report has to be sent by the match referee to New Zealand Cricket."
The points table indicates both teams have been given four points for the abandoned game.
Wellington has won both its games and leads the standings with 39 points out of a maximum 40.
There is another side issue.
Neil Broom was playing his 100th first-class game for Otago and his team-mate Hamish Rutherford was playing his 100th first-class game.
"We had some nice shirts made for them which we are going to have to put in the bin or put some new dates on," Walter said.
Those milestones will now be reached against Northern Districts, at the University of Otago Oval, starting on Friday.
Walter did not want to be drawn too much on whether scheduling a game in Dunedin so early in the season was the best piece of planning.
However, he said inevitably questions would be asked about whether the drainage was good enough and whether it was warm enough at that time of year to dry out the surface when there was heavy rain.
In the other game, Central Districts moved into second place with a 74-run win against a stacked Northern Districts side at Mount Maunganui. Northern was left chasing 374 for victory. Bharat Popli (87), Joe Carter (55) and BJ Watling (44) gave their side a chance but all-rounder Brad Schmulian took four for 34 to help seal the win.
