.Pair of years earlier, there wasn't room for Travis Scalp in Australia's ODI team.David Warner and also Aaron Finch inhabited the opening slots, along with the South Australian simply participating in six ODIs between January 2019 as well as Oct 2022 despite scintillating type at native level.Finch's retired life in overdue 2022 opened the door for Head's return to the national 50-over side-- and also the left-hander has barely place a foot incorrect since.Over the final 2 years, Head has actually collected 968 ODI performs at 64.53 with a strike price of 124.58, consisting of four centuries and 4 fifties. He led Australia to World Cup grandeur in 2013 along with a career-defining 137 in the ultimate versus India, silencing the singing Ahmedabad crowd.And on Thursday night, the South Australian fractured a career-best 154 * coming from 129 distributions versus England in Trent Link to help the vacationers chase after a 316-run aim at along with six overs to spare.Watch Australia v England ODI's Live & exclusive on FOX SPORTS, offered on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free of cost trial today >" He's a major gamer," England acting instructor Marcus Trescothick mentioned of Head throughout the post-match interview." The kind he's in as well as the method he's setting about his job is actually quite difficult for us. You may find exactly how excellent a player he is actually as well as the influence he has actually carried all the activities." If he gets in and acquires energy going, he's tough to bowl at, for certain. At some point the earthworm will definitely turn as well as perhaps our experts climb on best of that and also obtain a little bit of luck on the other side." Australia's Travis Scalp commemorates. Image through Darren Staples/ AFPSource: AFPHead's T20 type has actually been just as exceptional, otherwise more thus. He is actually presently No. 1 on the ICC males's T20I batting ranks, punching 1685 perform at 37.44 along with an eye-watering strike cost of 176.25 because the start of final year.After being gone down coming from the Test side as well as missing out on a national contract in 2021, Head has developed into Australia's most steady multi-format cricketer and among the best been afraid of openers in the white-ball formats.However, Head's glittering ODI and T20 type has actually fed supposition on whether he should open up the hitting in the Test sector this summer.It appears considerably unlikely that ally Steve Smith will definitely experience the brand-new ball versus India this summer season, with Australian coach Andrew McDonald suggesting Usman Khawaja's opening up partner is going to originate from within the necessary starting XI.And there is a developing feeling that Head can duplicate the accomplishments of Detector through opening in every 3 styles." I think that Travis Head may be greatest suited (to opening up in Examinations)," Khawaja said to Fox Cricket last week." He is actually undoubtedly been best-selling opening up the hitting in one-day cricket and, simplifying, I will perhaps pitch towards him." The assurance moves over. When you're seeing the round well, scoring bunches of runs and also very little is actually experiencing your head, it's a great location to be." Dwarshuis delivers maiden ODI wicket|00:38 Head has opened up the hitting prior to at Examination degree, albeit just for 3 matches throughout last year's Border-Gavaskar Prize project in India after Warner endured a hand trauma. During a collection where many of Australia's concoctions had a hard time for uniformity, Head marked 223 go for 55.75 in 5 knocks.Shifting the 30-year-old as much as open up in Tests would permit Smith to go back to his favored No. 4 placement, however national selectors may be reluctant to component methods with Head's counterattacking design in between order.When asked about the capacity of opening the batting in Examinations this summer months, Head confirmed he recognized the developing speculation." Always keep the chatter, it makes it intriguing," Scalp smirked." I am actually certainly not heading to dive into that. I'll just allow that participate in out." The 2nd ODI between England and also Australia acquires underway at Headingley on Saturday, along with the first ball scheduled for 8pm AEST.