.Pair of years ago, there wasn't area for Travis Scalp in Australia's ODI team.David Detector and Aaron Finch took up the opening slots, along with the South Australian just participating in six ODIs in between January 2019 and also October 2022 even with scintillating type at national level.Finch's retirement life in overdue 2022 unlocked for Head's come back to the nationwide 50-over edge-- as well as the left-hander possesses rarely place a feet wrong since.Over the final 2 years, Scalp has gathered 968 ODI performs at 64.53 along with a strike price of 124.58, featuring 4 centuries as well as four fifties. He led Australia to World Mug splendor in 2013 along with a career-defining 137 in the ultimate against India, quashing the vocal Ahmedabad crowd.And on Thursday night, the South Australian cracked a career-best 154 * from 129 deliveries versus England in Trent Link to aid the visitors chase a 316-run target along with six overs to spare.Watch Australia v England ODI's Live & exclusive on FOX SPORTS, on call on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your complimentary test today >" He's a major player," England acting instructor Marcus Trescothick said of Head in the course of the post-match press conference." The type he resides in as well as the technique he is actually going about his work is actually incredibly challenging for us. You can see exactly how really good a player he is as well as the effect he has actually carried all the video games." If he enters as well as gets drive going, he is actually challenging to bowl at, for certain. Inevitably the worm is going to turn and also perhaps our experts get on top of that and also get a little bit of luck beyond." Australia's Travis Scalp celebrates. Photo by Darren Staples/ AFPSource: AFPHead's T20 kind has been just as impressive, if not a lot more therefore. He is actually currently No. 1 on the ICC guys's T20I batting ranks, smacking 1685 runs at 37.44 along with an eye-watering strike cost of 176.25 considering that the start of final year.After being actually gone down coming from the Exam edge and missing a national contract in 2021, Head has turned into Australia's most steady multi-format cricketer and among one of the most been afraid openers in the white-ball formats.However, Head's glittering ODI as well as T20 kind has sustained speculation on whether he need to open the batting in the Examination sector this summer.It seems increasingly not likely that ally Steve Johnson will face the brand-new ball against India this summer, with Australian trainer Andrew McDonald advising Usman Khawaja's opening partner will originate from within the incumbent starting XI.And there is an expanding feeling that Head might replicate the accomplishments of Warner through opening in each three formats." I feel like Travis Head might be best matched (to opening in Tests)," Khawaja told Fox Cricket recently." He's undoubtedly been best-selling opening up the batting in one-day cricket and, breaking it down, I will most likely bend in the direction of him." The peace of mind moves over. When you are actually seeing the sphere effectively, slashing great deals of runs and also very little is actually experiencing your head, it is actually an excellent spot to be." Dwarshuis delivers first ODI gate|00:38 Scalp has opened up the hitting just before at Examination level, albeit merely for three suits during the course of in 2014's Border-Gavaskar Prize campaign in India after Warner went through a hand accident. During the course of a collection where the majority of Australia's concoctions strained for consistency, Scalp scratched 223 runs at 55.75 in 5 knocks.Shifting the 30-year-old up to open up in Exams would permit Johnson to come back to his ideal No. 4 posture, yet national selectors might be reluctant to component techniques with Scalp's counterattacking type in between order.When asked about the ability of opening the hitting in Examinations this summer, Scalp confirmed he understood the brewing supposition." Always keep the babble, it makes it exciting," Head smirked." I am actually certainly not going to study that. I'll merely let that play out." The 2nd ODI in between England and Australia receives underway at Headingley on Saturday, with the initial ball planned for 8pm AEST.