.Two years earlier, there wasn't room for Travis Scalp in Australia's ODI team.David Warner as well as Aaron Finch took up the position ports, along with the South Australian only playing six ODIs in between January 2019 and also Oct 2022 despite scintillating type at domestic level.Finch's retired life in overdue 2022 opened the door for Scalp's return to the national 50-over edge-- and also the left-hander possesses rarely place a foot inappropriate since.Over the last two years, Scalp has actually collected 968 ODI performs at 64.53 with a strike fee of 124.58, including 4 centuries and four fifties. He led Australia to Planet Cup glory in 2015 with a career-defining 137 in the ultimate versus India, quashing the singing Ahmedabad crowd.And on Thursday night, the South Australian split a career-best 154 * coming from 129 deliveries against England in Trent Link to help the vacationers chase a 316-run aim at along with six overs to spare.Watch Australia v England ODI's Live & exclusive on FOX SPORTING ACTIVITIES, available on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your free of cost trial today >" He is actually a severe player," England interim instructor Marcus Trescothick mentioned of Head throughout the post-match press conference." The kind he remains in and the way he is actually handling his job is actually extremely tough for our company. You can easily see just how really good a gamer he is actually and also the influence he has had on all the video games." If he gets inside as well as gets momentum going, he is actually difficult to bowl at, without a doubt. Ultimately the worm is going to transform and also with any luck our experts get on best of that as well as receive a little bit of chance on the other side." Australia's Travis Scalp celebrates. Photograph through Darren Staples/ AFPSource: AFPHead's T20 type has actually been just as remarkable, otherwise extra therefore. He's currently No. 1 on the ICC guys's T20I hitting rankings, slapping 1685 runs at 37.44 along with an eye-watering strike cost of 176.25 considering that the beginning of final year.After being fallen from the Examination edge and skipping a nationwide contract in 2021, Head has actually become Australia's a lot of steady multi-format cricketer and one of the absolute most been afraid openers in the white-ball formats.However, Head's glittering ODI and also T20 type has actually sustained speculation on whether he ought to open up the batting in the Exam sector this summer.It appears increasingly improbable that teammate Steve Johnson will certainly face the brand-new ball against India this summer season, with Australian trainer Andrew McDonald proposing Usman Khawaja's opening up partner is going to come from within the necessary beginning XI.And there is actually an expanding sense that Head could reproduce the tasks of Detector through opening up in each 3 layouts." I believe that Travis Head could be ideal fit (to opening up in Examinations)," Khawaja informed Fox Cricket last week." He is actually undoubtedly been best-selling opening the batting in one-day cricket and also, breaking it down, I will possibly lean towards him." The self-confidence moves over. When you are actually viewing the sphere effectively, scoring considerable amounts of runs and also not much is actually undergoing your head, it's a great place to become." Dwarshuis delivers initial ODI wicket|00:38 Head has opened up the batting prior to at Test degree, albeit merely for 3 matches during in 2013's Border-Gavaskar Prize campaign in India after Warner endured a palm accident. In the course of a series where many of Australia's batters had a hard time for uniformity, Scalp scratched 223 perform at 55.75 in 5 knocks.Shifting the 30-year-old up to open in Exams would permit Johnson to come back to his popular No. 4 posture, however nationwide selectors may hesitate to part techniques along with Scalp's counterattacking style in the center order.When asked them about the possibility of opening the batting in Exams this summertime, Head affirmed he recognized the making hunch." Always keep the babble, it makes it intriguing," Scalp smirked." I'm not visiting dive into that. I'll only permit that participate in out." The second ODI in between England and also Australia gets underway at Headingley on Saturday, along with the first ball set up for 8pm AEST.