But that is exactly how Otago coach Vaughn Johnson described it.
Otago is through to the final of the HRV Cup and it had both Canterbury and some miserable weather to thank for it.
The Volts' twenty20 game with Central Districts at the University Oval yesterday was abandoned without a ball bowled.
Heavy rain in the morning and early afternoon left the playing surface sodden and officials had no option but to call the game off.
It turned out to be a good result for Otago.
The two points it received lifted it into top spot on the competition table and Canterbury ensured the Volts would stay there with an upset win against the second-placed Northern Districts at Hagley Park.
Otago has qualified top and gets direct entry into Saturday's final in Hamilton. It will play the winner of Friday's preliminary final, which will be contested by Northern Districts and Canterbury.
''As it turned out, it has been a dream day, really,'' Johnson said.
''Now we have the luxury of going through to the final and it is either silver or gold, I suppose.''
Asked if he had a preferred opponent, Johnson responded: ''Canterbury have done us a huge favour so I suppose I'd have to say Canterbury.
''They have played some good cricket over the last six or seven rounds and probably deserve to be there.''
Otago deserves to be there as well.
While the defending champion has not been as invincible as last summer - Otago won 10 consecutive games to win the HRV Cup last summer and extended its winning run to 15 games with five more wins at the Champions League in India - it has managed to find a way to win the games that count.
The one-run win against Wellington in Dunedin on Wednesday was a good example. Jacob Duffy bowled a superb last over, conceding just five runs to help clinch the victory.
Had Otago lost that game, it would have finished in third place and would have had to play in the preliminary final.
Otago is down on firepower from last season, with Ian Butler sidelined with injury, James Fuller changing allegiances and Jimmy Neesham playing more regularly for the Black Caps.
''With the players we've lost this year...it has tested us in terms of depth. I think it is pretty huge to make the final with having those players out and the players that we've brought in being able to do the job.''
It will be up to those players to win the final.
The Black Caps are scheduled to play India on Sunday, so Otago will probably be without the McCullum brothers Brendon and Nathan, Jesse Ryder and Neesham.
