Anthony McGrath and Gale did a sound job taking the score to 76-2 at lunch, but in the second over after the interval Thomas found a gap between McGrath's bat and pad to bowl him for 21.
He also had the dedication to successfully transform himself as a cricketer: After breaking into the national side as an off-spinner who could bat a bit, he found his ambitions thwarted by the outrageous talent of Muttiah Muralitharan, and started to work on his batting.
It said the trees had been felled following an ecology assessment of the site that found they posed a "small potential risk to local bat populations".
"The tribunal found that the charge that Mr Butt agreed to bat out a maiden over in the Oval Test match was dismissed, " added Beloff.
Shoaib was beginning to find movement in the air to add to his sharp pace, and a superb inswinging delivery found its way between Dravid's bat and pad to rattle the timbers.
He also beat the bat and found the leading edge of the formidable Dravid in a typically whole-hearted spell of 1-9.
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Australia's delight at earning a 58-run advantage quickly turned to concern at the start of their second innings as Martin found the edge of Matthew Hayden's bat and the big opener departed for a first-ball duck.
Anderson's day did not begin auspiciously, however, as he dropped a regulation catch at slip to deny fellow England star Andrew Flintoff a fourth wicket when he found the edge of night-watchman Mark Davies's bat.
Butt's hunch to try the medium pace of Umar Amin was rewarded when more swing found the edge of Marcus North's bat to give the 20-year-old a maiden Test wicket.
Ponting had a chance to make an immediate impact when McGrath found the edge of de Villiers's bat in the third over, but he failed to hold the catch at slip.
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