.Pair of years ago, there wasn't room for Travis Head in Australia's ODI team.David Detector and also Aaron Finch inhabited the position slots, with the South Australian merely playing 6 ODIs between January 2019 and also October 2022 in spite of brilliant kind at domestic level.Finch's retired life in late 2022 unlocked for Head's come back to the national 50-over side-- as well as the left-hander possesses rarely place a feet wrong 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, featuring 4 centuries and also 4 fifties. He led Australia to Planet Cup glory in 2015 along with a career-defining 137 in the final versus India, silencing the voice Ahmedabad crowd.And on Thursday night, the South Australian split a career-best 154 * from 129 shippings against England in Trent Bridge to assist the visitors chase a 316-run target with 6 overs to spare.Watch Australia v England ODI's Live & unique on FOX SPORTS, offered on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your totally free trial today >" He is actually a severe player," England interim coach Marcus Trescothick pointed out of Head during the post-match interview." The type he resides in and also the method he's engaging in his work is actually incredibly challenging for our team. You can easily see how good a player he is actually and the influence he has actually carried all the activities." If he gets inside and obtains energy going, he is actually difficult to bowl at, for sure. Ultimately the worm will transform and with any luck our experts climb on top of that as well as get a little chance on the other side." Australia's Travis Head celebrates. Picture through Darren Staples/ AFPSource: AFPHead's T20 form has been actually equally as remarkable, otherwise more thus. He's presently No. 1 on the ICC men's T20I hitting positions, smacking 1685 perform at 37.44 along with an eye-watering strike price of 176.25 considering that the beginning of final year.After being actually gone down from the Test side as well as missing out on a nationwide deal in 2021, Head has actually turned into Australia's the majority of steady multi-format cricketer as well as among the best feared openers in the white-ball formats.However, Head's glittering ODI and also T20 form has fuelled speculation on whether he should open up the batting in the Test field this summer.It seems more and more improbable that colleague Steve Smith are going to face the brand new ball versus India this summertime, along with Australian instructor Andrew McDonald advising Usman Khawaja's opening companion will come from within the incumbent beginning XI.And there is actually an expanding sense that Head could duplicate the feats of Warner by opening in all three styles." I think that Travis Head could be finest fit (to opening in Tests)," Khawaja said to Fox Cricket recently." He's certainly been actually best-selling opening the hitting in one-day cricket and, breaking it down, I will perhaps bend towards him." The confidence transfers over. When you're viewing the ball effectively, slashing considerable amounts of runs as well as not much is actually looking at your head, it is actually a wonderful area to be." Dwarshuis provides maiden ODI opening|00:38 Scalp has actually opened the batting before at Test degree, albeit simply for three suits throughout in 2015's Border-Gavaskar Trophy initiative in India after Warner experienced a hand accident. During the course of a set where most of Australia's concoctions had a hard time for uniformity, Scalp marked 223 go for 55.75 in 5 knocks.Shifting the 30-year-old as much as open in Examinations would enable Smith to return to his ideal No. 4 placement, yet nationwide selectors might hesitate to component ways with Scalp's counterattacking design in the center order.When asked them about the potential of opening the batting in Examinations this summertime, Head validated he recognized the developing conjecture." Keep the chatter, it makes it intriguing," Scalp smirked." I am actually not going to study that. I'll merely permit that participate in out." The second ODI between England and also Australia receives underway at Headingley on Sunday, along with the first round booked for 8pm AEST.