.2 years back, there had not been area for Travis Scalp in Australia's ODI team.David Warner and Aaron Finch inhabited the opening ports, along with the South Australian merely playing 6 ODIs in between January 2019 as well as Oct 2022 in spite of scintillating kind at national level.Finch's retirement in late 2022 unlocked for Scalp's come back to the nationwide 50-over edge-- and the left-hander possesses hardly put a feet inappropriate since.Over the last two years, Scalp has collected 968 ODI runs at 64.53 with a strike cost of 124.58, consisting of 4 centuries as well as 4 fifties. He led Australia to Globe Cup splendor in 2014 along with a career-defining 137 in the final versus India, muting the singing Ahmedabad crowd.And on Thursday night, the South Australian fractured a career-best 154 * coming from 129 shippings versus England in Trent Bridge to help the travelers chase a 316-run target with six overs to spare.Watch Australia v England ODI's Live & exclusive on FOX SPORTING ACTIVITIES, readily available on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your free test today >" He is actually a serious gamer," England acting trainer Marcus Trescothick said of Head during the course of the post-match press conference." The type he remains in and the means he is actually setting about his job is actually extremely tough for our company. You can observe just how really good a player he is actually and the influence he has carried all the activities." If he gets inside and also obtains momentum going, he is actually difficult to bowl at, without a doubt. Inevitably the worm will certainly switch and ideally our team climb on top of that and acquire a bit of luck on the other side." Australia's Travis Scalp celebrates. Image through Darren Staples/ AFPSource: AFPHead's T20 kind has been actually equally remarkable, if not much more thus. He's currently No. 1 on the ICC men's T20I batting positions, slapping 1685 runs at 37.44 along with an eye-watering strike rate of 176.25 given that the start of last year.After being fallen from the Test side and also skipping a nationwide deal in 2021, Head has become Australia's most constant multi-format cricketer as well as among the best dreaded openers in the white-ball formats.However, Head's glittering ODI and T20 form has actually fuelled conjecture on whether he need to open up the batting in the Exam field this summer.It seems more and more unlikely that ally Steve Johnson are going to deal with the new sphere versus India this summertime, with Australian instructor Andrew McDonald suggesting Usman Khawaja's opening companion will definitely originate from within the necessary beginning XI.And there is actually a developing feeling that Head could possibly imitate the accomplishments of Warner through opening up with all three styles." I feel like Travis Head might be greatest satisfied (to opening in Tests)," Khawaja informed Fox Cricket recently." He is actually definitely been actually very successful opening up the hitting in one-day cricket and, breaking it down, I will probably pitch towards him." The confidence transfers over. When you're finding the round properly, slashing lots of operates and not much is actually going through your head, it's an excellent place to be." Dwarshuis delivers maiden ODI wicket|00:38 Head has actually opened up the hitting just before at Examination degree, albeit merely for 3 matches during the course of in 2015's Border-Gavaskar Trophy initiative in India after Warner endured a palm accident. In the course of a series where the majority of Australia's batters struggled for consistency, Head marked 223 go for 55.75 in five knocks.Shifting the 30-year-old approximately open up in Exams would permit Johnson to go back to his preferred No. 4 setting, however nationwide selectors may be reluctant to part techniques along with Head's counterattacking type in between order.When asked about the potential of opening up the batting in Examinations this summer, Scalp validated he recognized the developing hunch." Always keep the babble, it makes it interesting," Head smirked." I am actually not mosting likely to dive into that. I'll merely let that participate in out." The second ODI in between England and also Australia obtains underway at Headingley on Sunday, along with the first round planned for 8pm AEST.