"We had a beautiful wind ... the decision was unbelievable. It was always a playable pitch, it wasn't slippery and we should have been playing cricket at 6pm. The soakers had been around for a while.
"I don't know if there were hidden agendas associated with the decision or insurance policies. All us spectators were told was that it was too wet. There better be refunds or nobody will buy tickets in advance in future."
The fact the fire alarms in the corporate box area, where Mr Green was, went off within 30 minutes added to what he labelled as "the biggest abomination" he had experienced in the city.
"Ten minutes later security guards arrived and asked us to leave but we declined as we realised it was a false alarm. But then 40 policemen turned up and drove us out like sheep. You can't get a policeman in Napier after 7pm but you can get 40 policemen at a cricket match where there was no play.
"All I want is the best for Napier and the best for Hawke's Bay but this was absolutely disgusting."
Disgruntlement built steadily among the crowd over the afternoon to a point which could not be appeased by beer, hot dogs or pottles of chips.
The corresponding fixture last year on January 28 between New Zealand and Pakistan required five umpire inspections before getting abandoned at 6.22pm.
Cricket fans are becoming accustomed to matches being disrupted in the region and the local proverb "if you want to be break a drought, schedule a cricket match" has gained further traction.
Meanwhile it seems there will be no respite for the region in the coming days as temperatures continue to soar.
Niwa data showed that before midday, 3.4mm of rain had fallen in Napier, which broke a 30-day spell of dryness, and was the largest one-day rainfall in 41 days.
However, MetService Meteorologist Tom Adams said rainfall over the next week would be minimal at best.
"A lot of people want rain and there might be a few drops but not a huge quantity," he said.
The long weekend will see temperatures sit in the high 20s to early 30s, with a high of 34C rounding out the four-day break on Monday.
It will pick up a notch from the relatively cooler 26C felt yesterday, climbing to 32C in Hastings during the day. Both tomorrow and Sunday will sit at 28C, with light winds developing and fine weather.
The dry conditions were the topic of conversation at the Hawke's Bay Regional Council's climate briefing yesterday, where a large crowd heard how January's rainfall was a third of what was normally received region wide - at only 35 per cent of normal levels.
Principal scientist climate and air Kathleen Kozyniak said that some areas received particularly low amounts of rainfall - including the Heretaunga Plains where 10ml of rain had been measured.
Water restrictions are still in place in Hastings and Central Hawke's Bay, and yesterday the Napier City Council urged residents to think about conserving water.
Director Infrastructure Jon Kingsford said the city's reservoirs were being emptied faster than they could be filled, as the "peak demand for water has become an all-day affair".
"We're doing our best to keep up with the demand, but the reality is, if we're not sensible with our water use - and by we I include Council - we're going to have real problems," Mr Kingsford said.
A total fire ban is still in place throughout the region.