.Pair of years ago, there had not been space for Travis Head in Australia's ODI team.David Warner and Aaron Finch occupied the opening ports, with the South Australian just playing six ODIs in between January 2019 as well as October 2022 even with scintillating form at national level.Finch's retired life in late 2022 opened the door for Head's return to the nationwide 50-over side-- and the left-hander possesses hardly put a feet inappropriate since.Over the final 2 years, Head has actually accumulated 968 ODI runs at 64.53 along with a strike price of 124.58, featuring 4 centuries as well as four fifties. He led Australia to Globe Cup grandeur in 2013 along with a career-defining 137 in the last versus India, muting the singing Ahmedabad crowd.And on Thursday evening, the South Australian fractured a career-best 154 * from 129 deliveries versus England in Trent Bridge to assist the vacationers chase a 316-run aim at along with 6 overs to spare.Watch Australia v England ODI's Live & exclusive on FOX SPORTING ACTIVITIES, offered on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free test today >" He's a significant player," England acting instructor Marcus Trescothick stated of Head in the course of the post-match interview." The form he resides in and the means he's handling his job is actually really difficult for our team. You can easily find just how good a gamer he is and the effect he has had on all the games." If he enters as well as obtains drive going, he is actually tough to bowl at, for sure. Ultimately the earthworm is going to turn and with any luck our team jump on leading of that and also receive a little chance on the other side." Australia's Travis Scalp celebrates. Picture through Darren Staples/ AFPSource: AFPHead's T20 kind has actually been just as outstanding, otherwise even more so. He is actually currently No. 1 on the ICC men's T20I hitting rankings, punching 1685 go for 37.44 along with an eye-watering strike cost of 176.25 because the begin of last year.After being fallen from the Exam edge and missing out on a national arrangement in 2021, Head has actually turned into Australia's most steady multi-format cricketer and also among the best worried openers in the white-ball formats.However, Head's glittering ODI and T20 form has fuelled guesswork on whether he ought to open up the hitting in the Test arena this summer.It seems considerably improbable that ally Steve Smith will definitely experience the brand new round versus India this summer, with Australian train Andrew McDonald advising Usman Khawaja's opening partner is going to stem from within the necessary beginning XI.And there is a growing feeling that Head could possibly reproduce the tasks of Warner through opening up in each three layouts." I feel like Travis Head could be ideal fit (to opening up in Examinations)," Khawaja said to Fox Cricket last week." He is actually clearly been best-selling opening the hitting in one-day cricket and, breaking it down, I will probably lean in the direction of him." The assurance transfers over. When you are actually viewing the round effectively, scoring considerable amounts of runs and very little is undergoing your head, it's an excellent area to be." Dwarshuis provides initial ODI arch|00:38 Head has opened up the batting prior to at Exam degree, albeit merely for 3 suits in the course of last year's Border-Gavaskar Trophy campaign in India after Detector went through a palm personal injury. Throughout a series where most of Australia's concoctions battled for consistency, Scalp notched 223 go for 55.75 in 5 knocks.Shifting the 30-year-old approximately open up in Exams would allow Johnson to return to his preferred No. 4 posture, however nationwide selectors might hesitate to part ways with Head's counterattacking design in between order.When asked them about the potential of opening up the hitting in Exams this summer months, Scalp affirmed he knew the developing conjecture." Keep the chatter, it creates it appealing," Scalp smirked." I'm certainly not mosting likely to study that. I'll just allow that play out." The 2nd ODI between England and Australia obtains underway at Headingley on Saturday, along with the very first ball planned for 8pm AEST.