DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. A CEASEFIRE'S DECLARED IN THE MIDDLE EAST. BUT WILL IT HOLD? A NERVOUS WATCH OVER A SMOKING GIANT AS THE TONGARIRO ASH CLOUD LINGERS. AND DID HIS WEIGHT LOSS LOSE THE FIGHT FOR HIM? SHANE CAMERON FALTERS AGAINST HIS AUSSIE OPPONENT. A CEASEFIRE DEAL'S BEEN REACHED TO END EIGHT DAYS OF DEADLY FIGHTING BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS. THE TRUCE CAME INTO EFFECT FOUR HOURS AGO, AND SO FAR IT'S HOLDING. BUT ISRAEL'S WARNING THAT IT WILL TAKE STRONGER ACTION IF THE CEASEFIRE FAILS. HERE'S THE BBC'S JEREMY BOWEN. GAZA CAME BACK TO LIFE AFTER THE CEASEFIRE BEGAN. COMING THROUGH ANOTHER ISRAELI BOMBING CAMPAIGN FEELS LIKE A VICTORY. AT DAWN, GAZA WAS HURTING AFTER A HEAVY NIGHT OF BOMBING. THIS WAS THE HAMAS INTERIOR MINISTRY. GOVERNING, WITH OR WITHOUT A CEASEFIRE, IS GOING TO BE HARDER WITH THEIR MAIN ADMINISTRATIVE CENTRE GONE. IN JERUSALEM TONIGHT ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER HINTED AT MORE SEVERE MILITARY ACTION IF THE NEW CEASEFIRE DOESN'T HOLD. (SPEAKS HEBREW) TRANSLATOR: I KNOW THERE ARE CITIZENS EXPECTING A MORE SEVERE MILITARY ACTION, AND PERHAPS WE SHALL NEED TO DO SO. BUT AT THIS TIME THE RIGHT THING FOR THE STATE OF ISRAEL IS TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ACHIEVE A LONG-LASTING CEASEFIRE. AN ATTACK ON A BUS IN TEL AVIV CAUSING INJURIES BUT NOT DEATHS WAS PRAISED BY HAMAS, BUT NOT CLAIMED BY THEM. THE FACT IT DIDN'T DERAIL THE TALKS WAS A SIGN THAT BOTH SIDES WANTED THIS DEAL. ALL THIS AND ROCKETS HITTING THE CITY FROM GAZA HAS DENTED TEL AVIV'S SENSE OF SECURITY. A CEASEFIRE WON'T NECESSARILY BRING THAT BACK. ISRAEL COULD NOT HAVE KEPT ITS ARMY MOBILISED TO INVADE FOR MUCH LONGER. ITS ALLIES DIDN'T WANT A GROUND WAR, AND WITH ELECTIONS IN JANUARY THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED IT'S DONE ENOUGH FOR NOW. EGYPT'S ISLAMIST PRESIDENT, MOHAMED MORSI, MEDIATED THE DEAL. HE'S AN ALLY OF HAMAS, HAD BEEN VIEWED BY ISRAEL WITH SUSPICION, BUT EARNED HIGH PRAISE FROM THE AMERICANS. MEN CHANT THIS MORNING IN GAZA AS THE NEGOTIATIONS REACHED A CRITICAL STAGE, THEY WERE BURYING THE NIGHT'S DEAD. THE NEW EGYPT WANTS QUIET HERE, NOT KILLING, AS IT STRUGGLES TO RECREATE ITSELF. AT GAZA'S MAIN HOSPITAL THERE WAS MORE SUPPORT FROM THE NEW MIDDLE EAST, LIBYANS TODAY FOLLOWING ON FROM THE ARAB LEAGUE IN TURKEY, HELPING HAMAS BELIEVE THAT HISTORY IS ON ITS SIDE. MAKING THE CEASEFIRE WORK IN A CONFLICT THIS BITTER, WHICH HAS CUT SHORT SO MANY LIVES, WILL BE HARD. SHE'S QUIET FOR NOW, BUT SCIENTISTS ARE WARNING MT TONGARIRO, IN THE CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND, COULD BLOW AGAIN, IF HISTORY IS ANYTHING TO GO BY. YESTERDAY'S EXPLOSION CAME AS A SURPRISE TO SCIENTISTS, WHO'D BEEN CONCENTRATING ON NEARBY MT RUAPEHU AFTER RECENT VOLCANIC ACTIVITY THERE. KRISTIN HALL HAS MORE. IT WAS WHAT WITNESSES DESCRIBED AS A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME EXPERIENCE. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT BEFORE. YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT GONNA SEE ANYTHING LIKE THAT AGAIN, SO IT WAS PRETTY COOL. BUT SCIENTISTS SAY IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN AT MT TONGARIRO, AND SOON. GNS SAY THERE'S NO NEED TO PANIC. ANY FUTURE ERUPTIONS WON'T BE NEARLY AS BIG AS THE ONE IN AUGUST ` THE FIRST IN MORE THAN A CENTURY. AUGUST WAS WHAT WE CALL VENT-CLEARING. THE VENT WAS BLOCKED. IT HAD TO OPEN ITSELF. NOW WE'VE GOT A MORE OPEN VENT ENVIRONMENT, WE CAN'T GET SUCH HIGH PRESSURE, SO THEREFORE THE ERUPTIONS WON'T BE AS EXPLOSIVE OR LARGE AS AUGUST. BUT YESTERDAY'S ERUPTION STILL CAME AS A SHOCK. GNS HAD BEEN MONITORING NEIGHBOURING MT RUAPEHU AFTER IT BEGAN TO SHOW SIGNS OF BUILDING PRESSURE UNDER THE CRATER LAKE. BY NO MEANS HAD THE VOLCANO GONE BACK TO SLEEP, BUT IT STILL WAS A BIT OF A SURPRISE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, FOR SURE. GNS IS CONTINUING A CLOSE WATCH ON MT TONGARIRO ` ESPECIALLY IF THE TEMPERATURE FROM GAS SAMPLES INCREASES. PRIMARY GASES ARE, LIKE, C02, SO2, AND THEY'RE COMING OFF IN HUNDREDS... SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS PER DAY. THE ASH CLOUD FROM MT TONGARIRO DISRUPTED A NUMBER OF FLIGHTS THIS MORNING, WITH TAUPO AND GISBORNE AIRPORTS STILL DEALING WITH CANCELLATIONS. A WEATHER EXPERT FROM THE CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY SAYS ASH FROM THE ERUPTION SHOULD COMPLETELY DISAPPEAR BY THIS AFTERNOON, BUT ANY FURTHER ERUPTIONS COULD CAUSE MORE HASSLES FOR AIRLINES. IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE WITH ENGINES AND AIRFRAMES. THE DENSITY OF THAT ASH CLOUD IS THE SIGNIFICANT THING. BASICALLY, WHEN YOU CAN SEE THE ASH, THAT'S... THAT'S WHEN IT IS A PROBLEM TO AVIATION. A PROBLEM THAT HASN'T PUT A DOWNER ON THIS NZ OE. PRETTY MUCH TOP 10. KRISTIN HALL, ONE NEWS. SO THERE'S KEEN INTEREST IN THE MOUNTAIN, NOT ONLY FROM THE SCIENTISTS BUT FROM TOURISTS AND LOCALS EAGER TO SEE WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN TODAY. ONE NEWS REPORTER DANIEL FAITAUA JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM TONGARIRO. DANIEL, WHAT'S THE LATEST? GNS SCIENCE HAS PUT THE ALERT LEVEL AT NUMBER 2. THERE'S THE CHANCE OF AN ERUPTION WITHIN THE WEEK. THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN WATCHING TODAY. THAT'S UNLIKE YESTERDAY'S BLACK SMOKE. TOURISTS ARE ALSO MONITORING THIS. POLICE ADVISE THEM TO PUT THEIR OWN SAFETY FIRST. AIR NZ SAYS FLIGHTS IN AND OUT OF TAUPO AND GISBORNE ARE NOT OPERATING AT THE MOMENT. GNS SCIENCE SAYS LATER TODAY THEY'LL INSPECT THE CRATER. POLICE BELIEVE THE HELICOPTER WRECKAGE SPOTTED ON A FIORDLAND SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT IS LIKELY TO BE A HUGHES 500 WHICH WENT MISSING IN THE AREA EIGHT YEARS AGO. K PILOT CAMPBELL MONTGOMERIE AND BRITISH TOURIST HANNAH ROSE TIMINGS DISAPPEARED IN JANUARY 2004. THEIR FATE WAS NEVER ESTABLISHED. POLICE SAY THEY HAVE CONTACTED BOTH FAMILIES. THEY'RE NOW EXAMINING THE CRASH SITE IN THE HUMBOLDT CREEK AREA BEFORE FINAL CONFIRMATION. A KAIAPOI MAN'S BEEN SENTENCED TO A LIFE TERM FOR THE MURDER OF A WOMAN IN HER BURWOOD HOME IN JULY. PAUL ANDREW GOTTERMEYER (29), SEEN HERE IN A PREVIOUS COURT APPEARANCE, PLEADED GUILTY TO THE CHARGE. THE COURT HEARD GRUESOME DETAILS OF THE KNIFE ATTACK THAT KILLED THE WOMAN (24). HER DAUGHTER (3) WITNESSED PART OF THE ATTACK. GOTTERMEYER WAS A MENTAL HEALTH OUTPATIENT AT THE TIME OF THE MURDER. WE CAN NOW TELL YOU THE COUNTRY'S MOST DANGEROUS STATE HIGHWAYS. A NEW STUDY'S IDENTIFIED 28% OF OUR ROADS AS HIGH-RISK, INCLUDING STATE HIGHWAY 16 NORTH OF AUCKLAND, RIMUTAKA HILL ROAD AND THE LEWIS PASS. THAT'S BASED ON THE NUMBER OF FATAL AND SERIOUS CRASHES ON THEM OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS. HOWEVER, THE TRANSPORT AGENCY SAYS OUR STATE HIGHWAYS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE SAFE NOW THAN FIVE YEARS AGO. STILL ON TRANSPORT, AND OPPONENTS OF A MAJOR ROADING PROJECT NORTH OF WELLINGTON SAY MOTORISTS MAY END UP FOOTING THE BILL IN THE LONG TERM. CABINET'S APPROVED AN APPLICATION FROM THE NZ TRANSPORT AGENCY TO PURSUE A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TO FUND THE NEW ROAD THROUGH TRANSMISSION GULLY. THE ROADING TRANSPORT SOCIETY IS SLAMMING THE GOVERNMENT FOR INVESTIGATING WHETHER MOTORISTS SHOULD PAY A ROAD TOLL TO FUND MAINTENANCE. SO, INVESTMENTS IN THINGS LIKE RAIL, GETTING THE COMMUTERS OFF THE ROAD BY HAVING AN EFFICIENT, WELL-RUN, YOU KNOW, COST-EFFECTIVE RAIL SYSTEM WOULD HAVE MUCH MORE EFFECT AT MUCH LOWER COST THAN TRANSMISSION GULLY. IF THE TALK ABOUT TOLLING IS ANYTHING TO GO BY, THE LOCAL MOTORISTS ARE GONNA GET STUNG AS WELL. CONSTRUCTION ON THE FOUR-LANE EXPRESSWAY FROM MACKAYS CROSSING TO LINDEN BEGINS IN 2014. JOHN KEY HAS ARRIVED IN BURMA ` THE FIRST NZ PRIME MINISTER TO EVER VISIT THE ONCE-SHUNNED NATION. HIS VISIT'S PART OF AN INTERNATIONAL EFFORT TO ENCOURAGE BURMA TO TAKE FURTHER STEPS AWAY FROM MILITARY RULE AND TOWARDS DEMOCRACY. POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL PARKIN IS IN BURMA WITH THE PRIME MINISTER. WELL, AFTER A 50-YEAR OPPRESSIVE REGIME, THE MILITARY JUNTA HERE IN BURMA HAS GIVEN UP SOME OF ITS POWER AND IS EDGING TOWARDS A DEMOCRACY. FOR THAT REASON, WORLD LEADERS LIKE BARACK OBAMA AND JOHN KEY ARE COMING HERE AND CONGRATULATING THE GOVERNMENT. BUT FURTHER STEPS ARE BEING URGED BY THE WORLD LEADERS. THEY'VE COME AN AWFULLY LONG WAY IN TWO YEARS. THEY'VE GOT ELECTIONS IN 2015. THEY'RE A LARGE COUNTRY, WITH A POPULATION PRETTY SIMILAR TO THAILAND ` ABOUT 60 MILLION PEOPLE. SO THERE ARE HUGE OPPORTUNITIES, BUT IT'S VERY MUCH IN ITS INFANCY AND IS QUITE FRAGILE. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'LL BE TALKING TO THE PRESIDENT ABOUT TOMORROW IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT SORT OF ASSISTANCE CAN NZ GIVE, UH, MYANMAR? HOW CAN WE HELP IN TERMS OF THE DEVELOPMENT? AND AS INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS START TO LIFT AGAINST BURMA, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES HERE FOR BUSINESSES LIKE FONTERRA, WHO ARE APPOINTING A REGIONAL MANAGER HERE IN BURMA ` THE FIRST OF ITS KIND ` IN THE HOPE THAT IT CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE 56 MILLION PEOPLE HERE. IT'S A VERY FAST-GROWING MARKET. WE'VE GROWN OUR BUSINESS ` DOUBLED IN SIZE OVER THE LAST ONE YEAR ` WHICH GIVES US THE CONFIDENCE THAT THERE'S BIG OPPORTUNITIES FOR FONTERRA IN MYANMAR. TO CONCLUDE HIS WHIRLWIND TRIP HERE TO BURMA, JOHN KEY WILL SOON HAVE A MEETING WITH GENERAL-TURNED-PRESIDENT THEIN SEIN. HE WILL ALSO MEET WITH NOBEL PEACE PRICE WINNER AND OPPOSITION LEADER AUNG SAN SUU KYI, WHO HAS SPENT 15 OF THE LAST 21 YEARS UNDER HOUSE ARREST IN THE ONGOING FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY HERE. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, THE SHAREMARKET AND BUSINESS NEWS. AND IN SPORT, THE LATEST FROM THE NZ GOLF OPEN. TOO CLEVER, CUNNING AND CAGEY ` HOW SHANE CAMERON WAS OUTCLASSED BY HIS AUSTRALIAN OPPONENT. 1 WITH ME NOW IS MARTIN ALLISON FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. THIS ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. FOR MORE, GO TO ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND CLICK ON 'BUSINESS'. F & P HEALTHCARE RESULT? 18% UP ON A COMPARITIVE PERIOD. THEY'RE GOING WELL. THEY'VE RUN A GOOD HEDGE BOOK. THE RISE IN THE US DOLLAR HAS WORKED IN THEIR FAVOUR. A LOT OF MONEY FLOWING BACK TO CONSERVATIVE INVESTORS OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. WHY IS THAT? COMPANIES' BONDS HAVE BEEN REPAID TO INVESTORS. THEY ARE WONDERING WHERE TO PUT THAT MONEY. COMPANIES ARE CONSIDERING GOING OFFSHORE. THERE'S A DILEMMA FOR INVESTORS AS TO WHERE TO PUT THAT MONEY. ONE OPTION IS PROPERTY, AND THE OTHER AREA IS IN EQUITIES. COMPANIES LIKE TELECOM, STEEL & TUBE, THAT'S AN AREA THEY NEED TO LOOK AT. A CHANCE OF CAPITAL GAIN. THANK YOU, MARTIN ALLISON FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. TO MIDDAY SPORT. A BATTERED SHANE CAMERON CONCEDES HE WAS OUTSMARTED BY VETERAN AUSTRALIAN BOXER DANNY GREEN IN THEIR I.p.O. CRUISERWEIGHT WORLD TITLE BOUT IN MELBOURNE LAST NIGHT. HIS DRAMATIC WEIGHT LOSS TO TAKE ON THE FIGHT APPEARED TO SAP HIS PUNCHING POWER, AND HE WAS BEATEN UP. HERE'S STEPHEN STUART. YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT DANNY GREEN HAD JUST GONE 12 ROUNDS WITH A YOUNGER, HEAVIER AND TALLER OPPONENT. THE THREE-TIME WORLD CHAMPION HAD WAY TOO MUCH RINGCRAFT FOR A ONE-DIMENSIONAL SHANE CAMERON, WHOSE WEIGHT LOSS APPEARED TO HAVE DRAINED HIS PUNCHING POWER. THE PAIR TRADED LATE SHOTS EARLY,... DING! DING! ...AND CAMERON'S NOTORIOUS BLEEDING ISSUES QUICKLY RETURNED, HIS CORNER COMPLAINING. IT WAS HARD TO BELIEVE THE 39-YEAR-OLD HAD LOST TWO OF HIS LAST THREE FIGHTS, AS HE WAS BULLYING THE K. MUSCLING UP, AND GREEN IS HAPPY TO ACCOMMODATE. GOADING DIDN'T HELP. BY THE MIDDLE STAGES, THE MORE CAMERON NEEDED A KNOCKOUT, THE LESS LIKELY IT SEEMED. THE AUSSIE BUILT UP A SOLID POINTS LEAD, AND THEN UNLEASHED ON THE 35-YEAR-OLD IN THE PENULTIMATE ROUND. DANNY GREEN! SHANE CAMERON HAS BEEN ROCKED BY THE GREEN MACHINE! POWERLESS, THE K COULDN'T RESPOND AS THE CELEBRATION STARTED EARLY. I'M JUST SO HAPPY, MAN. I'VE BEEN THROUGH THE TOUGH TIMES. I'VE BEEN KNOCKED OUT. I'VE TAKEN ON THE BEST FIGHTERS IN THE WORLD. I'VE JUST TAKEN ON A HEAVYWEIGHT, AND I'M JUST A LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT. I'M VERY PROUD. GREEN WON A UNANIMOUS DECISION AND HIS FOURTH WORLD TITLE AGAINST A GAME, BUT ULTIMATELY OUTCLASSED, CAMERON, WHO SIMPLY JUST DIDN'T BRING ENOUGH. CROWD CHEERS OH, I'M FEELING VERY DEVASTATED. I WAS... I WAS VERY CONFIDENT OF GOING IN THERE AND WINNING, YOU KNOW, AS... AS I ALWAYS AM FOR ALL MY FIGHTS. I LEFT NO STONE UNTURNED FOR THIS ONE. I TRAINED MY GUTS OUT AND... TRAINED HARD, AND I WAS VERY VERY KEEN TO BRING THAT TITLE BACK TO NZ; BACK TO AOTEAROA, YOU KNOW? BUT I FELL SHORT. THERE WAS NO LOVE LOST. AND A LITTLE SHOULDER CHARGE THERE FOR SHANE CAMERON ON THE WAY THROUGH. THE PAIR FINALLY EMBRACED FOUR MINUTES AFTER THE FIGHT, AND GREEN WOULDN'T BE DRAWN ON WHETHER IT WAS HIS LAST. I'M GONNA GO AND BE AN AUSSIE. I'M GONNA GET ON THE CANS WITH THE BOYS. CAMERON LEFT TO DROWN HIS SORROWS AND ALSO CONSIDER HIS IMMEDIATE BOXING FUTURE. STEPHEN STUART, ONE NEWS. RUGBY'S RULING BODY, THE IRB, IS TO APPEAL THE ONE-WEEK BAN GIVEN TO ALL BLACK FLANKER ADAM THOMSON AFTER THIS STAMPING INCIDENT IN THE TEST AGAINST SCOTLAND TWO WEEKS AGO. THE IRB IS ADAMANT THE SENTENCE WAS UNDULY LENIENT AND IS PLANNING TO CALL FOR A NEW JUDICIAL HEARING. THOMSON HAS ALREADY BEEN LEFT OUT OF THE ALL BLACK 23 WHICH WILL BE NAMED TONIGHT TO FACE WALES AT THE WEEKEND. TWO ALL BLACKS ARE VYING FOR THE INTERNATIONAL TRY OF THE YEAR AWARD. BUT THEY'LL HAVE TO GET PAST TWO OTHER WINGERS FIRST. HOSEA GEAR HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR THIS BLOCKBUSTING EFFORT IN THE THIRD TEST AGAINST IRELAND IN HAMILTON IN JUNE, WHILE THIS DAN CARTER KICK WAS EXPERTLY FINISHED OFF BY JULIAN SAVEA AGAINST SCOTLAND IN EDINBURGH JUST TWO WEEKS AGO. SPRINGBOK WINGER BRYAN HABANA'S TRADEMARK CHIP AND CHASE PRODUCED THIS STUNNER AGAINST THE ALL BLACKS IN DUNEDIN. STILL GOING. AND WHAT A TRY! AND HOW ABOUT THIS WAY BACK IN FEBRUARY FROM FRENCH WINGER JULIEN MALZIEU, BEATING FIVE ITALIANS IN THIS SIX NATIONS MATCH IN PARIS? FOOTBALL. ARSENAL MANAGER ARSENE WENGER HAS GUIDED THE LONDON CLUB TO THE KNOCKOUT ROUNDS OF THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FOR THE 10TH YEAR IN A ROW. JACK WILSHERE OPENED THE SCORING FOR THE GUNNERS EARLY IN THE SECOND HALF. THE 2-0 WIN WAS CAPPED OFF 15 MINUTES LATER. PODOLSKI. NOW DJOUROU. BACK TOWARDS PODOLSKI AGAIN. ON THE VOLLEY. WHAT A GOAL! STUNNING FINISH FROM LUKAS PODOLSKI AS ARSENAL DOUBLE THEIR ADVANTAGE. AND MANCHESTER CITY'S STUTTERING CAMPAIGN'S COME TO AN END, ELIMINATED AFTER DRAWING 1-1 WITH REAL MADRID. ENGLISH FOOTBALL CLUB CHELSEA HAVE SACKED THEIR MANAGER, ROBERTO DE MATTEO, AFTER THEIR LOSS TO JUVENTUS, DESPITE HIM LEADING THE CLUB TO VICTORY IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE IN MAY. THE CLUB'S NOW LOOKING FOR THEIR EIGHTH MANAGER IN NINE YEARS. HERE'S THE BBC'S DAVID BOND. HE WAS THE MANAGER WHO DELIVERED THE EUROPEAN CUP CHELSEA HAD ALWAYS CRAVED, BUT EVEN THAT WASN'T ENOUGH TO SAVE ROBERTO DI MATTEO. HE'S GOT HIS RUN RIGHT THIS TIME. THREE FOR JUVENTUS! LAST NIGHT'S 3-0 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DEFEAT BY JUVENTUS WAS THE FINAL STRAW FOR CHELSEA'S RUTHLESS OWNER. AFTERWARDS DI MATTEO TRIED TO REMAIN UPBEAT, BUT THE WRITING WAS ON THE WALL. AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, I'M GONNA KEEP WORKING. CAN IT REALLY BE JUST SIX MONTHS SINCE ALL THIS? CHELSEA CELEBRATING THEIR CHAMPIONS LEAGUE VICTORY UNDER A MANAGER WHO WAS ONLY SUPPOSED TO BE A STOPGAP. HIS SUCCESS EARNED HIM A TWO-YEAR CONTRACT, BUT NO REAL JOB SECURITY. THIS IS THE MAN BEING LINED UP TO BECOME THE NEXT CARETAKER ` FORMER LIVERPOOL MANAGER AND EUROPEAN CUP WINNER RAFA BENITEZ. HE'S ON HIS WAY BACK FROM THE MIDDLE EAST FOR TALKS. THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT ROMAN ABRAMOVICH'S MONEY HAS HELPED TURN CHELSEA INTO ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL TEAMS IN EUROPE. BUT WITH THAT SUCCESS HAS COME INSTABILITY AND CONTROVERSY. SO ARE THE CLUBS SIMPLY TOO PRONE TO THE WHIMS OF THEIR BILLIONAIRE OWNER? HE'S RARELY QUOTED, BUT ABRAMOVICH'S ACTIONS SAY MUCH ABOUT HIS STYLE OF OWNERSHIP. SINCE HIS TAKEOVER NINE YEARS AGO, HE'S SPENT AROUND �1B ON THE TEAM. BUT EIGHT DIFFERENT MANAGERS HAVE BEEN FIRED DURING THAT TIME. AND DESPITE ALL THEIR MONEY, YOU WONDER WHETHER CHELSEA'S CULTURE OF CHAOS CAN EVER DELIVER THE WORLD-CLASS MANAGER THEY WANT. THE SECOND TEST MATCH BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND SOUTH AFRICA GETS UNDERWAY IN ADELAIDE THIS AFTERNOON. AUSTRALIA'S FIELDING AN UNCHANGED LINE-UP FROM THE DRAWN FIRST TEST, BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY FOR SOUTH AFRICA. SHANE WATSON WAS MORE BUSY WITH THE FANS THAN THE BAT AND BALL TODAY AS HIS BID TO RETURN FROM A CALF INJURY FAILED. HE'S IMPROVED A LOT OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS, BUT WE FEEL LIKE HE'S... YOU KNOW, HE'S PROBABLY A FEW DAYS SHORT OF BEING 100%. HIS ATTENTION WILL NOW TURN TO BEING FIT FOR THE THIRD TEST IN PERTH, WHILE ROB QUINEY GETS ANOTHER CHANCE TO IMPRESS. DESPITE LEFT-ARM SPEEDSTER MITCHELL STARC OFFERING VARIETY, BEN HILFENHAUS HAS KEPT HIS SPOT. OUR ATTACK IMPROVED AS THE GAME WENT ON IN BRISBANE. THIS ATTACK'S HAD SOME SUCCESS ` ESPECIALLY LAST SUMMER AGAINST INDIA ` IN THESE CONDITIONS. AND WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT... THAT WE'VE PICKED THE RIGHT ATTACK TO TAKE 20 WICKETS. THE ADELAIDE OVAL IS GETTING A FACELIFT, BUT THERE'S LITTLE CHANGE TO THE PITCH ` A BIT MORE GRASS DISGUISING ANOTHER BELTER. WE'RE HOPING IT'S JUST GONNA BE A TRADITIONAL PITCH, AND YOU KNOW, AND WE TRY TO AND HOPE TO PRODUCE SOMETHING THAT WILL TURN LATE IN THE GAME, BUT ALSO SOMETHING THAT'S STILL RENOWNED AS A GOOD BATTING PITCH. THAT TURN COULD PROVE VITAL FOR THE RETURN OF IMRAN TAHIR, WHO HAS BEEN PREFERRED TO PACEMAN RORY KLEINVELDT IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN ATTACK. THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME, WE LIKE TO GO IN WITH A SPINNER. I THINK BRISBANE WAS A SLIGHT CHANGE FOR US IN TERMS OF TACTICALNESS` UH, THE WAY WE GO ABOUT THINGS TACTICALLY. BUT BACK TO NORMAL NOW WITH IMRAN, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HIM HOPEFULLY PLAYING A BIG PART IN THE TEST. FAF DU PLESSIS WILL REPLACE THE INJURED BATSMAN JP DUMINY. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. NOW TO THE WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THANKS FOR JOINING US. OUR NEXT NEWS IS AT 4.30PM, AND THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY TRACEY DAWSON AND RICHARD EDMUNDS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2012