Rain and a damp outfield forced the abandonment of the second one-day international cricket match between New Zealand and Australia without a ball being bowled in Napier today. The series will now be decided in the final match in Hamilton on Sunday. New Zealand had won the series opener by six runs in Auckland on Monday and a follow-up victory would see them regain the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy they lost in a 3-0 whitewash in Australia in early December.