.Two years back, there wasn't room for Travis Scalp in Australia's ODI team.David Warner and also Aaron Finch inhabited the position ports, with the South Australian merely participating in 6 ODIs in between January 2019 and also October 2022 even with brilliant kind at domestic level.Finch's retired life in late 2022 unlocked for Scalp's go back to the national 50-over side-- as well as the left-hander has hardly place a foot inappropriate since.Over the final pair of years, Scalp has actually accumulated 968 ODI goes for 64.53 along with a strike rate of 124.58, including 4 centuries and also four fifties. He led Australia to Globe Mug magnificence in 2015 along with a career-defining 137 in the ultimate versus India, quashing the singing Ahmedabad crowd.And on Thursday night, the South Australian cracked a career-best 154 * from 129 deliveries against England in Trent Link to assist the visitors chase a 316-run target with six overs to spare.Watch Australia v England ODI's Live & special on FOX SPORTING ACTIVITIES, on call on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your free trial today >" He is actually a significant gamer," England acting coach Marcus Trescothick claimed of Head during the post-match press conference." The form he remains in and also the technique he is actually engaging in his job is actually really hard for us. You can easily observe how really good a player he is actually and the impact he has actually carried all the activities." If he gets in and acquires momentum going, he is actually difficult to bowl at, without a doubt. At some point the earthworm will definitely switch as well as hopefully our experts hop on best of that and get a bit of chance beyond." Australia's Travis Scalp celebrates. Picture through Darren Staples/ AFPSource: AFPHead's T20 type has actually been equally exceptional, if not even more therefore. He's currently No. 1 on the ICC men's T20I batting positions, smacking 1685 runs at 37.44 along with an eye-watering strike fee of 176.25 due to the fact that the start of last year.After being lost from the Test edge and also overlooking a nationwide arrangement in 2021, Head has actually become Australia's a lot of steady multi-format cricketer as well as some of one of the most feared openers in the white-ball formats.However, Head's glittering ODI as well as T20 type has fed guesswork on whether he ought to open the batting in the Examination arena this summer.It shows up significantly extremely unlikely that ally Steve Johnson are going to experience the new sphere against India this summer months, along with Australian train Andrew McDonald advising Usman Khawaja's opening up partner will certainly arise from within the incumbent beginning XI.And there is actually a growing feeling that Head might imitate the feats of Detector by opening in every 3 layouts." I think that Travis Head might be best satisfied (to opening in Tests)," Khawaja said to Fox Cricket recently." He is actually definitely been best-selling opening up the batting in one-day cricket and, breaking it down, I 'd perhaps pitch towards him." The self-confidence transfers over. When you're seeing the round properly, slashing great deals of operates as well as very little is experiencing your head, it's an excellent location to be." Dwarshuis supplies initial ODI opening|00:38 Scalp has opened up the hitting just before at Examination level, albeit only for 3 matches in the course of in 2013's Border-Gavaskar Prize campaign in India after Detector experienced a palm accident. In the course of a set where most of Australia's batters battled for consistency, Scalp scratched 223 runs at 55.75 in 5 knocks.Shifting the 30-year-old as much as open up in Examinations would permit Smith to return to his popular No. 4 posture, but national selectors may be reluctant to part methods with Scalp's counterattacking type in between order.When asked about the ability of opening the batting in Examinations this summer months, Scalp validated he knew the developing guesswork." Maintain the babble, it makes it intriguing," Head smirked." I am actually certainly not going to study that. I'll just permit that participate in out." The second ODI between England and Australia obtains underway at Headingley on Saturday, with the very first ball arranged for 8pm AEST.