.Pair of years earlier, there had not been room for Travis Scalp in Australia's ODI team.David Warner and Aaron Finch occupied the position slots, along with the South Australian merely playing six ODIs between January 2019 and also Oct 2022 even with brilliant form at domestic level.Finch's retirement life in overdue 2022 opened the door for Head's come back to the national 50-over edge-- as well as the left-hander possesses rarely put a feet incorrect since.Over the final two years, Head has built up 968 ODI runs at 64.53 with a strike cost of 124.58, featuring four centuries and also four fifties. He led Australia to World Mug splendor last year along with a career-defining 137 in the ultimate against India, silencing the singing Ahmedabad crowd.And on Thursday night, the South Australian split a career-best 154 * coming from 129 shippings against England in Trent Link to aid the travelers chase after a 316-run intended with six overs to spare.Watch Australia v England ODI's Live & special on FOX SPORTS, accessible on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your totally free trial today >" He's a severe player," England acting coach Marcus Trescothick claimed of Head in the course of the post-match press conference." The form he resides in and also the means he is actually handling his work is actually incredibly difficult for us. You may observe how good a player he is as well as the impact he has actually had on all the games." If he gets inside as well as obtains energy going, he is actually difficult to bowl at, for sure. Inevitably the worm will turn as well as ideally our experts get on top of that and also get a little bit of chance on the other side." Australia's Travis Head commemorates. Photo by Darren Staples/ AFPSource: AFPHead's T20 kind has been actually just like excellent, or even extra thus. He is actually presently No. 1 on the ICC men's T20I batting ranks, slapping 1685 perform at 37.44 with an eye-watering strike fee of 176.25 due to the fact that the beginning of final year.After being actually gone down from the Exam edge and overlooking a nationwide agreement in 2021, Head has actually turned into Australia's many consistent multi-format cricketer and also among the best been afraid openers in the white-ball formats.However, Head's glittering ODI as well as T20 form has actually fuelled supposition on whether he must open up the hitting in the Exam sector this summer.It appears considerably unlikely that teammate Steve Smith are going to face the brand-new sphere versus India this summer season, with Australian coach Andrew McDonald proposing Usman Khawaja's opening up partner will definitely originate from within the incumbent beginning XI.And there is actually a developing sense that Head can imitate the feats of Detector by opening up in each three layouts." I seem like Travis Head might be ideal satisfied (to opening up in Examinations)," Khawaja told Fox Cricket last week." He is actually obviously been actually very successful opening the batting in one-day cricket and also, simplifying, I 'd perhaps pitch in the direction of him." The confidence transfers over. When you are actually seeing the ball well, scoring bunches of runs as well as not much is actually looking at your head, it is actually a fantastic area to be." Dwarshuis provides maiden ODI opening|00:38 Scalp has actually opened up the hitting prior to at Test amount, albeit only for three matches during the course of in 2013's Border-Gavaskar Trophy campaign in India after Warner suffered a hand injury. Throughout a collection where many of Australia's batters strained for consistency, Head marked 223 go for 55.75 in 5 knocks.Shifting the 30-year-old approximately open in Examinations would enable Johnson to come back to his popular No. 4 position, however national selectors might hesitate to component ways with Head's counterattacking style in the middle order.When inquired about the ability of opening up the hitting in Exams this summer months, Head validated he knew the making conjecture." Always keep the chatter, it creates it interesting," Head smirked." I am actually not mosting likely to dive into that. I'll simply let that play out." The 2nd ODI in between England as well as Australia obtains underway at Headingley on Saturday, along with the first ball booked for 8pm AEST.