.Pair of years earlier, there wasn't space for Travis Head in Australia's ODI team.David Detector and Aaron Finch took up the position ports, along with the South Australian simply participating in 6 ODIs in between January 2019 as well as Oct 2022 in spite of scintillating form at native level.Finch's retired life in late 2022 opened the door for Head's return to the nationwide 50-over side-- and also the left-hander has rarely put a feet inappropriate since.Over the last pair of years, Head has actually accumulated 968 ODI runs at 64.53 along with a strike price of 124.58, consisting of 4 centuries and also 4 fifties. He led Australia to Globe Cup glory in 2014 along with a career-defining 137 in the last versus India, quashing the singing Ahmedabad crowd.And on Thursday night, the South Australian broke a career-best 154 * from 129 shippings versus England in Trent Link to assist the travelers chase after a 316-run intended along with six overs to spare.Watch Australia v England ODI's Live & special on FOX SPORTS, accessible on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your cost-free test today >" He is actually a major player," England acting trainer Marcus Trescothick claimed of Head during the post-match press conference." The form he resides in and the technique he's engaging in his work is actually very difficult for our company. You can easily see how excellent a gamer he is actually as well as the influence he has carried all the video games." If he gets in and also gets momentum going, he is actually hard to bowl at, for sure. Inevitably the earthworm will definitely transform and ideally our team get on top of that and obtain a little luck beyond." Australia's Travis Head celebrates. Photograph by Darren Staples/ AFPSource: AFPHead's T20 type has been equally remarkable, if not a lot more so. He's presently No. 1 on the ICC men's T20I hitting ranks, slapping 1685 go for 37.44 with an eye-watering strike rate of 176.25 considering that the start of final year.After being actually gone down from the Examination side and also missing a national contract in 2021, Head has actually become Australia's most steady multi-format cricketer as well as among one of the most dreaded openers in the white-ball formats.However, Head's glittering ODI and also T20 type has actually fed guesswork on whether he must open the hitting in the Examination arena this summer.It shows up more and more extremely unlikely that colleague Steve Smith are going to experience the brand-new sphere versus India this summer season, with Australian instructor Andrew McDonald advising Usman Khawaja's opening companion will certainly stem from within the necessary starting XI.And there is actually a developing sense that Head might imitate the accomplishments of Detector by opening up in each three styles." I believe that Travis Head may be finest suited (to opening in Tests)," Khawaja told Fox Cricket recently." He is actually clearly been very successful opening up the hitting in one-day cricket and also, simplifying, I will most likely lean in the direction of him." The self-confidence moves over. When you're viewing the sphere properly, scoring bunches of operates and not much is actually undergoing your head, it is actually a fantastic spot to be." Dwarshuis supplies maiden ODI wicket|00:38 Head has actually opened the hitting before at Examination level, albeit only for 3 suits in the course of last year's Border-Gavaskar Trophy project in India after Detector endured a palm accident. Throughout a series where a lot of Australia's batters strained for consistency, Head notched 223 perform at 55.75 in 5 knocks.Shifting the 30-year-old around open up in Tests would certainly make it possible for Johnson to return to his recommended No. 4 position, yet nationwide selectors might be reluctant to component means along with Head's counterattacking type between order.When inquired about the possibility of opening up the hitting in Examinations this summer, Scalp verified he understood the developing opinion." Maintain the babble, it creates it interesting," Scalp smirked." I am actually not heading to study that. I'll just let that play out." The second ODI in between England as well as Australia obtains underway at Headingley on Sunday, with the very first ball booked for 8pm AEST.