Hobart, Australia - Five match facts for Saturday's World Cup Pool B game between Zimbabwe and Ireland at Bellerive Oval, Hobart (14:30 local/03:30 GMT)
- Brendan Taylor needs one run to become the fourth player to score 5,000 ODI runs for Zimbabwe. This will be his 165th innings.
- Andy Flower reached the landmark in 162 innings.
- George Dockrell has taken seven wickets in three ODI innings against Zimbabwe, at an average of 16.4 and strike rate of 16.4, maintaining an economy rate of 3.8.
- Dockrell (81%) has the highest offside run percentage in the tournament, minimum 50 balls faced.
- Kevin O'Brien has conceded boundaries from 25% of his deliveries in this tournament (34 in 138), the highest percentage of anyone delivering at least 10 balls.
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