.Pair of years back, there had not been area for Travis Scalp in Australia's ODI team.David Warner and also Aaron Finch took up the opening slots, with the South Australian simply participating in 6 ODIs in between January 2019 and also Oct 2022 regardless of brilliant type at native level.Finch's retirement in late 2022 unlocked for Head's come back to the nationwide 50-over side-- as well as the left-hander possesses rarely place a feet incorrect since.Over the last 2 years, Head has actually accumulated 968 ODI runs at 64.53 along with a strike cost of 124.58, including four centuries as well as four fifties. He led Australia to World Cup grandeur in 2014 along with a career-defining 137 in the last versus India, silencing the voice Ahmedabad crowd.And on Thursday night, the South Australian cracked a career-best 154 * coming from 129 distributions against England in Trent Bridge to help the tourists chase a 316-run target with 6 overs to spare.Watch Australia v England ODI's Live & unique on FOX SPORTS, available on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your cost-free trial today >" He's a serious player," England acting trainer Marcus Trescothick pointed out of Head in the course of the post-match press conference." The type he's in as well as the way he's dealing with his work is actually extremely tough for our company. You may view just how excellent a player he is actually and also the impact he has had on all the video games." If he enters and also acquires drive going, he's tough to bowl at, for sure. At some point the worm will definitely transform and also ideally our experts jump on best of that and also obtain a little bit of chance beyond." Australia's Travis Scalp commemorates. Picture through Darren Staples/ AFPSource: AFPHead's T20 kind has been actually just like outstanding, otherwise much more thus. He's presently No. 1 on the ICC guys's T20I batting ranks, punching 1685 runs at 37.44 with an eye-watering strike fee of 176.25 given that the beginning of last year.After being dropped coming from the Exam edge and also missing out on a national contract in 2021, Head has actually turned into Australia's the majority of steady multi-format cricketer and also one of the best feared openers in the white-ball formats.However, Head's glittering ODI as well as T20 type has actually fed guesswork on whether he need to open up the hitting in the Examination field this summer.It appears considerably not likely that ally Steve Johnson will certainly face the new sphere against India this summer season, along with Australian trainer Andrew McDonald advising Usman Khawaja's opening up companion will definitely stem from within the incumbent beginning XI.And there is actually an increasing sense that Head could possibly imitate the tasks of Detector through opening up in all 3 layouts." I feel like Travis Head could be best fit (to opening in Examinations)," Khawaja informed Fox Cricket last week." He is actually clearly been very successful opening the batting in one-day cricket and, simplifying, I will possibly pitch in the direction of him." The confidence transfers over. When you are actually viewing the sphere well, slashing tons of runs and not much is going through your head, it is actually a fantastic place to become." Dwarshuis delivers initial ODI opening|00:38 Scalp has actually opened the hitting just before at Examination level, albeit only for three suits in the course of in 2014's Border-Gavaskar Prize initiative in India after Warner endured a palm accident. In the course of a set where the majority of Australia's concoctions battled for consistency, Head marked 223 go for 55.75 in 5 knocks.Shifting the 30-year-old around open up in Exams would certainly permit Johnson to go back to his preferred No. 4 posture, yet national selectors might hesitate to component ways with Head's counterattacking style in the middle order.When asked about the ability of opening the hitting in Exams this summer, Scalp confirmed he was aware of the making guesswork." Keep the babble, it makes it fascinating," Scalp smirked." I'm certainly not heading to study that. I'll merely permit that participate in out." The 2nd ODI in between England and Australia acquires underway at Headingley on Sunday, along with the first round planned for 8pm AEST.