There was even time for one more wicket before tea, when McCullum was caught in the slips off Nel.
And Saj Mahmood was dropped in the slips before being caught at cover.
Johnson was the most expensive bowler, but enjoyed a modicum of revenge when having Bresnan caught in the slips.
Sanath Jayasuriya was out for five after edging to Stephen Fleming in the slips, and Kumar Sangakkara followed for four.
Missed on nought in the slips by Swann off James Anderson, he might have fallen lbw to Onions on five.
Hopes of a sensational, though hugely improbable England win, were raised when Katich tiredly nicked a catch to Strauss in the slips.
Flintoff took a catch in the slips off to help dismiss John Crawley off Dominic Cork's bowling before grabbing his brace of wickets.
Flintoff had Kyle Coetzer fending a short ball to Loye in the slips, bowled Ben Harmison, had Steve caught behind and bowled Claydon.
But with some intelligent bowling, Pedro Collins had Thorpe and his overnight partner Ashley both caught in the slips to finish with figures of 4-71.
Sections of the crowd were still celebrating Pietersen's feat when he became Ntini's fourth victim, kissing a wide ball outside off to Kallis in the slips.
Only Tendulkar put up any resistance, but even he had his moments, having been dropped in the slips by Imrul Kayes long before he had got into his stride.
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Marcus Trescothick survived a dropped catch by Smith in the slips when on two, but added just four more before Ntini had revenge by bowling him off the inside edge.
Sreesanth ended the partnership with a double strike just after lunch, Voges edging to Bell at gully and Ali Brown fending a rising ball to Rikki Clarke in the slips.
The India skipper edged O'Brien's first ball after the interval just short of Jesse Ryder in the slips before feathering another to Brendon McCullum behind the stumps two balls later.
Ramnaresh Sarwan, on 13, was caught behind down the leg-side off seamer Chris Woakes, who struck again when acting captain Denesh Ramdin could only fend a rising delivery to Ian Bell in the slips.
Last Friday Pakistan captain Younus Khan fractured a finger on his right hand while attempting a catch in the slips during a warm-up game against the West Indies and is battling to be ready to face the Indians.
Skipper Daniel Vettori was caught in the slips off Ryan Harris for 46 from the fifth ball of the day and after a bright and breezy 24 from Brendon McCullum, the last five wickets went down for only nine runs.
Skipper Dhoni's six catches was the best by an Indian against New Zealand, while Yuvraj Singh, who had a shocker in the field in the previous Test in Napier, held onto another in the slips to end the McIntosh-Taylor partnership.
There were some brilliant catches, notably by Sales in the slips to dismiss Alex Gidman and White at square leg to send back last man Steve Kirby, but the home side only had themselves to blame for a series of poor strokes.
"Dravid has spent a lifetime in Sachin Tendulkar's shadow and the big batting records - centuries, number of runs scored - were never going to be his, but he is quite on his own in the slips, " according to Sambit Bal, editor of cricinfo.com, a cricket website.
On the other hand, if we buy shoes a size too large so that they are wide enough in the toes, the heel slips out, which can be annoying or even dangerous.
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The proposed law maintains death as the maximum penalty in case of rape where the victims dies or slips into a coma, as was the provision in the interim law.
How about anchoring offshore and speeding in on a smaller motorboat that slips in under the levy's 46-foot threshold?
The pink slips keep coming in the U.S., but the inflation threat is wearing off.
England could have had a second, but nightwatchman Paul Harris's thick outside edge evaded the slips in the final over of the day from Sidebottom.
For example, if you learn that your company will be handing out pink slips in the near future, it may be a time to start cutting back on charges.
Make sure your policies cover any recent changes in your life--that new at-home business, for example, may require a rider on your homeowner's policy in case the FedEx man slips on your front walk.
And death, which I have always regarded as the greatest dimension of life, dark, compelling, was no more than a pipe that springs a leak, a branch that cracks in the wind, a jacket that slips off a clothes hanger and falls to the floor.
New York City came in second with 14, 600 pink slips in mass layoffs during the quarter.
As the Keynesian argument slips back into the hibernation in which it spent the 70 years between the New Deal and the New New Deal, the after-action assessments are piling up.
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