.Pair of years earlier, there had not been area for Travis Head in Australia's ODI team.David Detector and also Aaron Finch occupied the position ports, along with the South Australian only participating in six ODIs between January 2019 and also Oct 2022 in spite of brilliant type at native level.Finch's retired life in overdue 2022 opened the door for Scalp's return to the nationwide 50-over side-- as well as the left-hander has hardly place a feet wrong since.Over the last two years, Head has actually built up 968 ODI goes for 64.53 along with a strike fee of 124.58, featuring 4 centuries and also 4 fifties. He led Australia to Planet Mug glory in 2015 with a career-defining 137 in the final versus India, quashing the singing Ahmedabad crowd.And on Thursday night, the South Australian split a career-best 154 * from 129 distributions versus England in Trent Bridge to assist the vacationers chase a 316-run target along with six overs to spare.Watch Australia v England ODI's Live & special on FOX SPORTS, on call on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your complimentary test today >" He's a severe player," England interim instructor Marcus Trescothick stated of Head during the course of the post-match press conference." The kind he resides in and also the technique he is actually setting about his work is very tough for our company. You can view exactly how good a gamer he is as well as the influence he has had on all the games." If he gets inside as well as obtains momentum going, he's tough to bowl at, without a doubt. Eventually the earthworm will certainly transform and perhaps our team hop on top of that and get a little bit of chance beyond." Australia's Travis Head commemorates. Photo by Darren Staples/ AFPSource: AFPHead's T20 type has been just like exceptional, if not much more thus. He's presently No. 1 on the ICC males's T20I batting rankings, punching 1685 runs at 37.44 with an eye-watering strike fee of 176.25 because the beginning of last year.After being actually gone down from the Test edge and missing out on a national contract in 2021, Head has developed into Australia's the majority of consistent multi-format cricketer and also among the most worried openers in the white-ball formats.However, Head's glittering ODI and T20 type has actually fed conjecture on whether he ought to open the batting in the Exam sector this summer.It seems increasingly unlikely that ally Steve Johnson will certainly deal with the brand new round versus India this summer season, along with Australian instructor Andrew McDonald proposing Usman Khawaja's opening up partner is going to come from within the necessary beginning XI.And there is actually an expanding feeling that Head might replicate the tasks of Detector by opening with all 3 styles." I think that Travis Head might be finest suited (to opening up in Tests)," Khawaja told Fox Cricket last week." He's definitely been very successful opening up the batting in one-day cricket as well as, breaking it down, I will possibly bend towards him." The self-confidence moves over. When you are actually viewing the ball effectively, scoring tons of runs and also not much is actually experiencing your head, it is actually a terrific location to become." Dwarshuis delivers first ODI arch|00:38 Head has opened up the hitting just before at Examination degree, albeit simply for 3 matches during in 2014's Border-Gavaskar Trophy campaign in India after Detector went through a hand personal injury. In the course of a set where the majority of Australia's batters battled for uniformity, Scalp notched 223 runs at 55.75 in five knocks.Shifting the 30-year-old approximately open up in Exams would certainly make it possible for Johnson to go back to his ideal No. 4 placement, however national selectors may hesitate to part means along with Head's counterattacking style in the center order.When asked about the possibility of opening the hitting in Exams this summertime, Head affirmed he recognized the developing conjecture." Always keep the chatter, it creates it exciting," Scalp smirked." I am actually not visiting study that. I'll just allow that participate in out." The 2nd ODI between England and Australia gets underway at Headingley on Saturday, along with the very first sphere booked for 8pm AEST.