Sanjay Bangar may have removed Butcher almost immediately had Sourav Ganguly installed a short leg.
Tremlett then bowled a snorter at Sachin Tendulkar to have him caught at short leg nine runs from their target.
"In such a short leg it was always going to be difficult to catch anyone that got away, " said skipper Smith.
Anderson showed some improved batting skills to get to 15 before giving short leg a catch off Harbhajan and India's openers survived five overs before tea.
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His inside-edge bounced off wicketkeeper Ridley Jacobs's thigh for Marlon Samuels to snap up the rebound with a diving catch at backward short leg.
Katich was dropped by Gautam Gambhir at short leg on just five, while Ponting survived a huge appeal for a catch at leg slip.
Broad ended a 66-run partnership between Sagir Hossain and Enamul Haque Jr by having Hossain caught at short leg by Alex Loudon for 47.
Although the ball brushed armguard rather than glove on the way to short leg via Hoggard's pad, umpire Dave Orchard gave the Yorkshireman out.
Jonathan Trott took evasive action at short leg but as he turned away the ball somehow dropped into the Bears fielder's right-hand trouser pocket.
Morkel then removed number eight Abdur Rehman in the next over, before ending Ali's long vigil thanks to another short leg catch from Amla.
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However, when he was caught at short leg by James Taylor off Buck, Leicestershire moved to kill off the home side with 11.2 overs to spare.
Trott came to an unfortunate end when he clipped North to short leg, lost his balance and the quick-thinking Simon Katich ran him out for 41.
Botha was given two let-offs - at slip and short leg off successive balls from Wright and Rayner - before raising a fourth consecutive stand of 50 or more.
North struck again with the last delivery before lunch to remove Umar Akmal after a quickfire 22 and had Amin caught at short leg not long after the break.
But he produced a brilliant stumping to remove Michael Vaughan and, following a superb stop by Kaif at short leg, he whipped off the bails to run out Paul Collingwood.
Yorkshire had to wait until after lunch for their next success when de Bruyn, on 45, was taken by Adam Lyth at short leg to become leg-spinner Adil Rashid's first victim.
Trott should have been dismissed on 13 when he prodded forward to the probing left-arm spin of Shakib, but debutant Jahurul Islam spilled a reasonably straightforward low chance at short leg.
Rahul Dravid sprung to his left to clasp a Steyn edge with one hand for his 200th Test catch, and Cheteshwar Pujara showed superb reactions at short leg to remove Harris.
In a partnership of left handers, Moeen survived more than one alarm, notably a top edge off Panesar which dropped between wicketkeeper and short leg, before he skied a hook off Arafat.
The South African tail-ender deposited his five maximums over the short leg-side boundary, sharing a ninth-wicket stand of 71 with Naqaash Tahir, who was dropped twice on three by Dale Benkenstein at third slip.
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Steve Snell fell to Loudon before lunch as Ian Bell took the catch at short leg and the same combination accounted for Mark Hardinges following the re-start as Gloucestershire's last four wickets went down for 27.
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Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf was caught by Simon Katich at short leg for 61 and Saeed Ajmal was caught at mid-wicket by Shane Watson for 10 to usher Ponting to the top of the all-time Test captaincy records.
Panesar wheeled away with five men round the bat, and Broad - in his 13th consecutive over - ended Grant Elliott's miserable 28-ball stay with another short one the batsman could only top-edge to Ian Bell at short leg.
The left-hander's century arrived off 179 balls but he had two slices of luck on 70 and 86, with Iain O'Brien failing to hold a return catch and Jesse Ryder dropping a chance at short leg off Vettori's left-arm spin.
Maddy survived a chance to short leg on 85 and there were no more major alarms before reaching his century but spinner James Tredwell accounted for Ambrose and Gornewald to leave Kent poised for their third win of the season.
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Kamran Akmal (30) was the spinner's first victim of the day when Haddin claimed the stumping as the batsman advanced down the pitch, and next ball Mohammad Aamer was surprised by the bounce and gloved to Simon Katich at short leg.
Misbah was in next - playing his first Test since January and with the extra burden of the captaincy - and he struggled throughout his 38-ball stay, making just nine before a fine catch from Amla at short leg ended his involvement.
Toby Roland-Jones was lbw to Shakib, going back to a well-flighted ball when he should have been forward, and Neil Dexter - the home side's last hope - was brilliantly caught for 21 by Vikram Solanki at backward short leg off Moeen Ali.
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