Not a single ball was bowled as rain washed out day one of the second Test between New Zealand and Bangladesh at the Basin Reserve.

Heavy rain lashed a dark and gloomy Wellington, where the coin toss was delayed with players kept away from the soggy field on Friday.

Umpires finally abandoned play at 15:00 local time, with the Test scheduled to start 30 minutes earlier on Saturday.

Bangladesh are looking to level the three-Test series after losing the opener by an innings and 52 runs in Hamilton.

Sadly the day has been called here at the @BasinReserve @skysportnz's Mark Richardson is off, and so are we! 10:30am start tomorrow #NZvBAN @PhotosportNZ pic.twitter.com/n1MUJ7r6kN

— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) March 8, 2019