Williams is chasing a fifth Melbourne title and ominously for her rivals said she was already nearing peak form and fitness.

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"It's a little worrying doing so well at the World Championships because it's too long a chunk of time to hold your peak form, but it's not enough time to come down and re-train, " he explained.

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This peak of form had passed when Wales toured in 1998, but an under-strength Wales squad, who had recently sacked coach Kevin Bowring, were humiliated 96-13 in Pretoria.

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India possibly didn't realise they were up against a team whose batsmen were in peak and insatiable form - England batsmen had scored, for example, six double centuries in the past 14 months alone, compared to eight in the previous 21 years.

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In peak season, lines form well before the first bus leaves in the morning and get progressively worse, sometimes 90 minutes to get on a bus up.

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Still, true to form, it hits a glorious peak during a lovely ballad.

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The first major organizational system based on paper was probably the early-modern form of the British Royal Mail, which at its peak was picking up and delivering mail several times a day in London.

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