The Volts were meant to be playing Canterbury in two-day warm-up match in Rangiora but the opening day was abandoned because conditions were not suitable.
Some moisture found its way under the covers and left ''a wet patch on a length'', Otago coach Dimitri Mascarenhas said.
The bowlers' run-ups were also damp.
''It was just too wet to get on, which was unfortunate. It is just the way it goes.''
The team headed to the nets for a practice session instead and will return today for a one-dayer.
The exact format was to be confirmed, Mascarenhas said.
''We'll have a full day's cricket so we will get something. The sun is out now so, hopefully, it is doing a lot of drying right now. By all accounts the weather is quite good for [today].''
Otago will also play Scotland and Ireland in one-dayers in Lincoln later this week.
