.Two years ago, there had not been room for Travis Head in Australia's ODI team.David Warner as well as Aaron Finch took up the position ports, along with the South Australian simply participating in 6 ODIs in between January 2019 and also October 2022 despite brilliant form at domestic level.Finch's retired life in overdue 2022 unlocked for Scalp's go back to the nationwide 50-over side-- and also the left-hander has barely place a foot inappropriate since.Over the last 2 years, Scalp has gathered 968 ODI performs at 64.53 along with a strike price of 124.58, including four centuries as well as four fifties. He led Australia to World Cup grandeur in 2013 along with a career-defining 137 in the final versus India, muting the singing Ahmedabad crowd.And on Thursday evening, the South Australian fractured a career-best 154 * coming from 129 shippings versus England in Trent Bridge to help the vacationers chase after a 316-run aim at with six overs to spare.Watch Australia v England ODI's Live & special on FOX SPORTS, accessible on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your cost-free test today >" He's a serious gamer," England interim trainer Marcus Trescothick pointed out of Head throughout the post-match press conference." The type he resides in as well as the way he's tackling his work is really tough for our company. You may see just how good a player he is as well as the influence he has actually had on all the activities." If he gets inside and acquires drive going, he's hard to bowl at, for certain. Eventually the worm will definitely turn and with any luck we hop on top of that and receive a little luck on the other side." Australia's Travis Head celebrates. Picture by Darren Staples/ AFPSource: AFPHead's T20 form has actually been actually equally as remarkable, or even extra therefore. He's presently No. 1 on the ICC men's T20I batting ranks, punching 1685 go for 37.44 with an eye-watering strike rate of 176.25 given that the beginning of last year.After being actually fallen coming from the Examination side and also missing out on a national deal in 2021, Head has developed into Australia's many consistent multi-format cricketer as well as some of the most worried openers in the white-ball formats.However, Head's glittering ODI as well as T20 form has actually sustained conjecture on whether he should open the batting in the Examination sector this summer.It seems more and more unexpected that teammate Steve Smith will certainly encounter the new round versus India this summer, along with Australian instructor Andrew McDonald suggesting Usman Khawaja's opening up companion is going to come from within the incumbent beginning XI.And there is an increasing sense that Head might replicate the feats of Detector through opening with all three layouts." I seem like Travis Head could be finest suited (to opening up in Exams)," Khawaja said to Fox Cricket recently." He's definitely been actually very successful opening the batting in one-day cricket as well as, breaking it down, I 'd most likely pitch in the direction of him." The peace of mind transmissions over. When you're finding the ball properly, slashing considerable amounts of runs as well as very little is going through your head, it is actually a fantastic location to become." Dwarshuis provides first ODI opening|00:38 Head has opened up the batting just before at Test amount, albeit just for 3 suits throughout in 2014's Border-Gavaskar Trophy campaign in India after Warner endured a hand injury. In the course of a collection where many of Australia's batters struggled for consistency, Scalp notched 223 perform at 55.75 in five knocks.Shifting the 30-year-old around open up in Tests would certainly enable Johnson to go back to his ideal No. 4 placement, yet nationwide selectors might hesitate to component ways with Scalp's counterattacking type in the center order.When inquired about the capacity of opening the hitting in Tests this summertime, Scalp validated he knew the brewing hunch." Keep the chatter, it makes it intriguing," Head smirked." I am actually not heading to dive into that. I'll just allow that play out." The 2nd ODI between England and also Australia obtains underway at Headingley on Sunday, along with the first sphere scheduled for 8pm AEST.