.Pair of years back, there had not been space for Travis Scalp in Australia's ODI team.David Warner and Aaron Finch inhabited the position ports, with the South Australian just playing six ODIs between January 2019 and Oct 2022 in spite of scintillating kind at national level.Finch's retirement in late 2022 opened the door for Head's come back to the national 50-over edge-- and also the left-hander has rarely put a foot inappropriate since.Over the final pair of years, Head has collected 968 ODI runs at 64.53 along with a strike price of 124.58, including 4 centuries as well as four fifties. He led Australia to Planet Mug glory in 2013 along with a career-defining 137 in the last against India, silencing the singing Ahmedabad crowd.And on Thursday night, the South Australian split a career-best 154 * from 129 distributions versus England in Trent Link to help the travelers chase a 316-run intended along with 6 overs to spare.Watch Australia v England ODI's Live & exclusive on FOX SPORTS, offered on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your complimentary trial today >" He is actually a significant player," England acting coach Marcus Trescothick claimed of Head during the course of the post-match interview." The type he remains in and also the method he's engaging in his job is actually quite hard for us. You can observe how good a gamer he is actually and also the effect he has actually had on all the activities." If he enters and also receives drive going, he's challenging to bowl at, without a doubt. At some point the worm will definitely transform and also perhaps our experts get on leading of that as well as acquire a little luck on the other side." Australia's Travis Head celebrates. Photograph by Darren Staples/ AFPSource: AFPHead's T20 kind has been equally impressive, or even even more so. He's presently No. 1 on the ICC males's T20I batting rankings, slapping 1685 perform at 37.44 along with an eye-watering strike fee of 176.25 because the start of last year.After being actually dropped from the Test edge and missing out on a nationwide arrangement in 2021, Head has become Australia's many steady multi-format cricketer and one of the most worried openers in the white-ball formats.However, Head's glittering ODI and also T20 kind has actually sustained supposition on whether he ought to open up the batting in the Test arena this summer.It appears more and more not likely that colleague Steve Johnson will definitely face the brand-new sphere versus India this summer season, with Australian train Andrew McDonald suggesting Usman Khawaja's opening up companion will definitely stem from within the incumbent starting XI.And there is actually a growing sense that Head could possibly duplicate the accomplishments of Warner through opening up in each three layouts." I believe that Travis Head could be best fit (to opening in Examinations)," Khawaja said to Fox Cricket last week." He's obviously been very successful opening the batting in one-day cricket as well as, breaking it down, I 'd most likely bend in the direction of him." The peace of mind transactions over. When you're finding the sphere well, slashing lots of operates and not much is going through your head, it's a terrific area to become." Dwarshuis delivers maiden ODI opening|00:38 Scalp has actually opened up the batting just before at Examination level, albeit merely for three suits throughout in 2015's Border-Gavaskar Prize project in India after Warner endured a hand injury. In the course of a series where a lot of Australia's batters struggled for consistency, Scalp marked 223 go for 55.75 in 5 knocks.Shifting the 30-year-old approximately open up in Tests will make it possible for Smith to come back to his popular No. 4 posture, however nationwide selectors might hesitate to component methods along with Head's counterattacking type in the center order.When asked about the potential of opening up the batting in Examinations this summertime, Scalp confirmed he recognized the brewing speculation." Maintain the babble, it creates it fascinating," Head smirked." I'm not mosting likely to dive into that. I'll only let that play out." The 2nd ODI in between England and also Australia acquires underway at Headingley on Saturday, along with the initial ball set up for 8pm AEST.