Honours were arguably shared between Otago and Wellington after one of those relatively nondescript days in the Plunket Shield yesterday.
The most interesting thing about the game at Karori Park is that it was allowed a mulligan after a total abandonment on Sunday, the scheduled opening day.
Day one was officially moved to yesterday following the ''fitness concerns'' of the venue being addressed.
Wellington, asked to bat by Otago, crawled through the first two sessions before reaching the giddy heights of three runs an over in the final session to finish the day at 270 for nine.
The home side's key man was unheralded wicketkeeper-batsman Tom Blundell, who was the definition of a grafter.
Blundell, the former New Zealand under-19 representative who has a first-class century but has had limited opportunities for Wellington, led all scorers with 67 off 171 balls.
He did a fine job adding some beef to the Wellington innings, which had been running along at a snail's pace.
Otago left-armer Craig Smith, in his second game back after a long absence from first-class cricket, had two wickets in his first spell, and Wellington was in some trouble at 62 for four at lunch.
Blundell hit 10 boundaries in his 221-minute stay, leaving Jeetan Patel (52 off 55) to up the pace and ensure Wellington dominated the final session. Smith finished with three for 30 for Otago, and Black Caps test offspinner Mark Craig had three for 85.
Meanwhile, Dean Brownlie picked up where he left off on day two of Northern Districts' encounter with Central Districts in New Plymouth.
The opener began yesterday morning on 222 not out and continued to plunder the CD attack as he made an ND- record 334 before he was finally dismissed by George Worker.
The innings eclipsed Kane William's 284 for ND against Wellington in 2011 and Brownlie's triple marked only the seventh time a batsman had passed 300 on New Zealand soil in test or first-class cricket.
Brownlie's innings helped ND record its fifth-best total in first-class cricket as it eventually declared at 556 for nine.
Almost lost among Brownlie's record-breaking knock, which included 40 fours and eight sixes, was a century from Mitchell Santer who made 101 at No 7.
Licking its wounds, CD was 145 for four in reply in its first innings when play closed for the day. Tom Bruce added 56 for the home side but was out late in proceedings.
In Rangiora, Auckland won the toss, sent Canterbury in and rewarded with a solid start to the opening day's play.
Canterbury was bowled out for 268 as Tarun Nethula took four for 68 and Auckland closed the day on 83 for with Jeet Raval at the crease on 36, alongside Colin Munro on three.