.Two years ago, there wasn't area for Travis Head in Australia's ODI team.David Warner and Aaron Finch inhabited the opening ports, with the South Australian simply participating in 6 ODIs in between January 2019 and also October 2022 in spite of brilliant type at native level.Finch's retirement life in overdue 2022 opened the door for Scalp's come back to the national 50-over side-- as well as the left-hander possesses rarely place a feet incorrect since.Over the last pair of years, Scalp has actually gathered 968 ODI goes for 64.53 along with a strike fee of 124.58, including four centuries and also 4 fifties. He led Australia to World Cup magnificence in 2013 along with a career-defining 137 in the ultimate versus India, muting the voice Ahmedabad crowd.And on Thursday evening, the South Australian broke a career-best 154 * coming from 129 deliveries against England in Trent Link to aid the vacationers chase after a 316-run aim at along with 6 overs to spare.Watch Australia v England ODI's Live & exclusive on FOX SPORTS, readily available on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your complimentary trial today >" He is actually a severe gamer," England interim coach Marcus Trescothick said of Head during the post-match interview." The type he remains in and the means he is actually engaging in his work is incredibly tough for our team. You can observe just how really good a gamer he is as well as the effect he has actually carried all the activities." If he enters and also receives energy going, he is actually hard to bowl at, without a doubt. Ultimately the earthworm will certainly switch and perhaps our company get on leading of that and acquire a bit of chance on the other side." Australia's Travis Head celebrates. Photograph by Darren Staples/ AFPSource: AFPHead's T20 type has been actually equally outstanding, if not more thus. He's presently No. 1 on the ICC men's T20I batting rankings, punching 1685 runs at 37.44 with an eye-watering strike rate of 176.25 due to the fact that the beginning of last year.After being lost coming from the Test edge and also skipping a nationwide deal in 2021, Head has actually developed into Australia's a lot of regular multi-format cricketer as well as one of one of the most feared openers in the white-ball formats.However, Head's glittering ODI as well as T20 form has fuelled speculation on whether he should open up the hitting in the Exam sector this summer.It shows up considerably not likely that colleague Steve Johnson will deal with the new sphere against India this summer, along with Australian coach Andrew McDonald recommending Usman Khawaja's opening companion will definitely originate from within the incumbent starting XI.And there is an expanding feeling that Head can duplicate the accomplishments of Warner through opening up in all 3 formats." I seem like Travis Head could be greatest matched (to opening in Exams)," Khawaja said to Fox Cricket last week." He is actually certainly been best-selling opening up the batting in one-day cricket and also, breaking it down, I will perhaps bend towards him." The confidence transfers over. When you're finding the round well, slashing great deals of runs as well as very little is undergoing your head, it is actually a fantastic place to be." Dwarshuis provides first ODI gate|00:38 Head has actually opened the hitting just before at Examination amount, albeit merely for three suits in the course of in 2013's Border-Gavaskar Trophy project in India after Detector went through a hand accident. Throughout a collection where a lot of Australia's batters battled for consistency, Head marked 223 go for 55.75 in 5 knocks.Shifting the 30-year-old approximately open in Exams would make it possible for Smith to go back to his preferred No. 4 placement, but nationwide selectors might be reluctant to component techniques with Scalp's counterattacking type in the center order.When inquired about the possibility of opening the hitting in Examinations this summer months, Scalp affirmed he recognized the making opinion." Keep the babble, it makes it intriguing," Head smirked." I am actually certainly not mosting likely to study that. I'll merely permit that play out." The second ODI in between England as well as Australia gets underway at Headingley on Sunday, along with the first ball scheduled for 8pm AEST.