.Pair of years ago, there wasn't space for Travis Head in Australia's ODI team.David Detector as well as Aaron Finch took up the position ports, with the South Australian merely participating in six ODIs between January 2019 as well as October 2022 despite scintillating kind at native level.Finch's retirement 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 wrong since.Over the final two years, Scalp has accumulated 968 ODI runs at 64.53 along with a strike cost of 124.58, consisting of 4 centuries and also four fifties. He led Australia to World Cup splendor last year along with a career-defining 137 in the final versus India, quashing the vocal Ahmedabad crowd.And on Thursday evening, the South Australian broke a career-best 154 * coming from 129 deliveries versus England in Trent Bridge to help 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? Start your free of cost test today >" He is actually a severe player," England interim trainer Marcus Trescothick said of Head throughout the post-match press conference." The form he's in as well as the method he is actually tackling his work is actually very difficult for our company. You may find exactly how great a gamer he is and the influence he has actually had on all the games." If he enters as well as acquires momentum going, he is actually difficult to bowl at, for certain. Inevitably the earthworm will definitely transform and perhaps our company get on leading of that and also get a little chance beyond." Australia's Travis Head celebrates. Image by Darren Staples/ AFPSource: AFPHead's T20 kind has actually been just like exceptional, or even a lot more thus. He's currently No. 1 on the ICC guys's T20I batting positions, smacking 1685 perform at 37.44 along with an eye-watering strike cost of 176.25 because the beginning of last year.After being actually lost from the Examination edge and missing out on a nationwide agreement in 2021, Head has actually developed into Australia's the majority of regular multi-format cricketer as well as some of one of the most been afraid of openers in the white-ball formats.However, Head's glittering ODI as well as T20 type has fed speculation on whether he ought to open the batting in the Exam arena this summer.It seems more and more unexpected that colleague Steve Johnson will deal with the brand-new round versus India this summer season, with Australian trainer Andrew McDonald recommending Usman Khawaja's opening up partner is going to arise from within the incumbent starting XI.And there is actually a growing sense that Head could possibly replicate the accomplishments of Warner by opening in every three formats." I believe that Travis Head may be ideal matched (to opening in Tests)," Khawaja told Fox Cricket recently." He's undoubtedly been actually very successful opening up the batting in one-day cricket and also, simplifying, I will possibly bend towards him." The self-confidence transfers over. When you're viewing the sphere effectively, scoring considerable amounts of runs and also not much is actually experiencing your head, it's a fantastic area to become." Dwarshuis supplies first ODI arch|00:38 Head has actually opened the hitting before at Examination degree, albeit simply for three matches during the course of in 2015's Border-Gavaskar Trophy initiative in India after Warner experienced a hand personal injury. During the course of a collection where a lot of Australia's batters strained for congruity, Head scratched 223 perform at 55.75 in 5 knocks.Shifting the 30-year-old approximately open up in Exams will make it possible for Johnson to come back to his recommended No. 4 placement, but nationwide selectors might hesitate to part methods along with Scalp's counterattacking design in the center order.When inquired about the capacity of opening up the batting in Examinations this summer season, Head verified he recognized the developing hunch." Maintain the chatter, it creates it appealing," Scalp smirked." I'm not heading to dive into that. I'll just permit that participate in out." The second ODI in between England and also Australia acquires underway at Headingley on Sunday, with the initial round planned for 8pm AEST.