Auckland - Five match facts for Saturday's World Cup Pool B game between South Africa and Pakistan at Eden Park, Auckland (14:00 local/01:00 GMT)
- South Africa's four-wicket win in the last one-day international meeting between these teams, in November 2013, ended a run of eight being won by the team that batted first.
- AB de Villiers (1,346) is the leading ODI run-scorer in matches between Pakistan and South Africa. They are one of three opposition sides against whom he holds the highest average, minimum 1,000 runs scored (also Australia and West Indies).
- Three of the four lowest dot ball percentages in the tournament, minimum 50 balls faced, are held by South African batsmen (Rilee Rossouw, David Miller and de Villiers). However, Quinton de Kock has the highest percentage (81.5%).
- De Villiers has the highest ODI batting average as captain, minimum 20 innings: 67.6.
- Mohammad Irfan has bowled 93 balls to Hashim Amla in ODIs and dismissed him five times, conceding 69 runs. No one else has dismissed Amla more than three times in ODIs.
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