.Pair of years back, there wasn't area for Travis Scalp in Australia's ODI team.David Detector and also Aaron Finch occupied the opening ports, with the South Australian simply participating in six ODIs between January 2019 and also Oct 2022 even with brilliant form at native level.Finch's retirement life in late 2022 opened the door for Scalp's go back to the nationwide 50-over side-- as well as the left-hander possesses barely put a foot incorrect since.Over the last two years, Head has actually built up 968 ODI goes for 64.53 along with a strike cost of 124.58, consisting of 4 centuries and also four fifties. He led Australia to Globe Cup grandeur last year along with a career-defining 137 in the final against India, quashing the voice Ahmedabad crowd.And on Thursday night, the South Australian fractured a career-best 154 * from 129 shippings against England in Trent Bridge to assist the tourists chase after a 316-run target along with six overs to spare.Watch Australia v England ODI's Live & exclusive on FOX SPORTING ACTIVITIES, on call on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your cost-free trial today >" He is actually a serious player," England acting coach Marcus Trescothick pointed out of Head throughout the post-match interview." The type he resides in and the means he is actually setting about his work is incredibly challenging for us. You may find how good a gamer he is actually as well as the influence he has actually had on all the games." If he gets inside as well as acquires drive going, he is actually hard to bowl at, for sure. Inevitably the earthworm is going to transform as well as with any luck our team hop on leading of that and also get a little chance beyond." Australia's Travis Scalp commemorates. Image by Darren Staples/ AFPSource: AFPHead's T20 form has actually been actually equally excellent, or even much more so. He's presently No. 1 on the ICC men's T20I hitting ranks, punching 1685 go for 37.44 along with an eye-watering strike cost of 176.25 since the beginning of last year.After being gone down coming from the Examination side and missing out on a nationwide agreement in 2021, Head has become Australia's a lot of steady multi-format cricketer as well as one of one of the most been afraid openers in the white-ball formats.However, Head's glittering ODI and also T20 kind has actually fed speculation on whether he should open the batting in the Examination sector this summer.It appears considerably not likely that colleague Steve Smith will definitely deal with the brand new sphere versus India this summer season, with Australian train Andrew McDonald recommending Usman Khawaja's opening companion will definitely arise from within the incumbent beginning XI.And there is a growing sense that Head might reproduce the feats of Warner by opening up in every three formats." I seem like Travis Head might be absolute best matched (to opening up in Examinations)," Khawaja told Fox Cricket recently." He's undoubtedly been actually very successful opening the hitting in one-day cricket and also, simplifying, I 'd most likely bend towards him." The self-confidence transmissions over. When you're observing the ball effectively, slashing considerable amounts of runs and also very little is undergoing your head, it's a terrific location to be." Dwarshuis provides first ODI gate|00:38 Head has opened the batting before at Examination amount, albeit simply for three suits during the course of last year's Border-Gavaskar Trophy project in India after Detector endured a palm injury. During a set where a lot of Australia's concoctions had a hard time for consistency, Head notched 223 go for 55.75 in five knocks.Shifting the 30-year-old around open in Examinations would certainly permit Smith to go back to his recommended No. 4 position, yet national selectors might hesitate to component means along with Scalp's counterattacking design between order.When inquired about the potential of opening up the batting in Exams this summer months, Head validated he knew the making hunch." Maintain the babble, it creates it intriguing," Scalp smirked." I am actually not going to dive into that. I'll merely permit that participate in out." The second ODI between England as well as Australia obtains underway at Headingley on Sunday, along with the first ball planned for 8pm AEST.