.2 years ago, there had not been room for Travis Scalp in Australia's ODI team.David Warner and also Aaron Finch inhabited the position slots, with the South Australian only playing 6 ODIs between January 2019 as well as Oct 2022 despite scintillating kind at domestic level.Finch's retired life in late 2022 opened the door for Head's come back to the nationwide 50-over edge-- and also the left-hander has barely put a foot inappropriate since.Over the last two years, Head has accumulated 968 ODI goes for 64.53 along with a strike rate of 124.58, consisting of four centuries as well as 4 fifties. He led Australia to Globe Cup magnificence in 2015 along with a career-defining 137 in the final versus India, quashing the vocal Ahmedabad crowd.And on Thursday night, the South Australian split a career-best 154 * coming from 129 shippings versus England in Trent Bridge to aid the vacationers chase a 316-run target along with 6 overs to spare.Watch Australia v England ODI's Live & exclusive on FOX SPORTING ACTIVITIES, readily available on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your totally free test today >" He is actually a significant gamer," England acting instructor Marcus Trescothick stated of Head during the post-match press conference." The form he's in and also the way he is actually setting about his work is really tough for our team. You can find how excellent a player he is actually and also the effect he has actually had on all the games." If he enters as well as gets momentum going, he's difficult to bowl at, for certain. Inevitably the earthworm will transform as well as hopefully our team jump on best of that and also receive a little luck on the other side." Australia's Travis Head commemorates. Photograph through Darren Staples/ AFPSource: AFPHead's T20 type has been equally as exceptional, if not even more thus. He is actually currently No. 1 on the ICC men's T20I hitting positions, punching 1685 go for 37.44 along with an eye-watering strike price of 176.25 because the start of last year.After being fallen from the Examination edge as well as missing out on a nationwide agreement in 2021, Head has actually developed into Australia's most steady multi-format cricketer as well as among the most feared openers in the white-ball formats.However, Head's glittering ODI and T20 type has fuelled guesswork on whether he need to open up the hitting in the Exam field this summer.It seems more and more extremely unlikely that colleague Steve Johnson will certainly deal with the new sphere versus India this summertime, with Australian coach Andrew McDonald proposing Usman Khawaja's opening up partner is going to stem from within the necessary beginning XI.And there is actually a developing sense that Head might replicate the accomplishments of Warner through opening with all 3 formats." I believe that Travis Head could be finest matched (to opening in Tests)," Khawaja informed Fox Cricket last week." He's obviously been actually very successful opening up the hitting in one-day cricket and, simplifying, I 'd most likely pitch in the direction of him." The assurance transfers over. When you are actually finding the ball properly, scoring considerable amounts of operates as well as very little is actually experiencing your head, it is actually a fantastic place to become." Dwarshuis delivers first ODI gate|00:38 Head has opened the batting prior to at Test degree, albeit only for 3 suits throughout in 2014's Border-Gavaskar Prize initiative in India after Warner experienced a palm injury. During a series where many of Australia's batters had a hard time for consistency, Scalp notched 223 runs at 55.75 in 5 knocks.Shifting the 30-year-old up to open up in Examinations would certainly permit Johnson to go back to his popular No. 4 placement, but national selectors might be reluctant to component means along with Scalp's counterattacking type between order.When inquired about the capacity of opening up the hitting in Examinations this summer season, Scalp validated he knew the developing guesswork." Always keep the chatter, it creates it intriguing," Scalp smirked." I am actually certainly not mosting likely to study that. I'll simply let that play out." The 2nd ODI in between England and also Australia gets underway at Headingley on Sunday, along with the very first ball planned for 8pm AEST.