.Usman Khawaja are going to become Australia's earliest Exam cricketer in over 20 years this summer months as the professional opener organizes his 18th time of professional cricket.The Queenslander, that turns 38 this December, will certainly barring injury end up being the country's oldest Examination cricketer considering that past leader Steve Waugh. Prior to Tugga, the previous Australian to play Exam cricket after celebrating their 38th birthday party was the epic Allan Border.Khawaja, the reigning ICC Test Cricketer of the Year, assumed his worldwide job mored than after being fell before the 2019/20 summer.However, the left-hander has actually been actually the Australian Test edge's leading run-scorer because his fortuitous recall during the 2021/22 Ashes collection, building up 2564 runs at 53.41 with seven hundreds-- merely England's Joe Origin has handled additional runs throughout that period.Watch India v New Zealand LIVE & unique to Fox Sports, on call on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your free trial today > Khawaja thinks he "definitely" would have resigned years ago or even for the "chilled, loosened up setting" produced by nationwide coach Andrew McDonald and also Exam leader Dab Cummins.While he previously experienced disillusioned due to the national staff's approach to training, Khawaja applauded the present coaching team for valuing his necessities as a sportsmen going into the golden of their having fun career.Curating a personal training regimen has allowed Khawaja to generate his finest cricket at a grow older where others have blended off.Usman Khawaja of Australia. Photo through Pat Hoelscher/ AFPSource: AFP" Playing cricket for Australia is actually extremely demanding," Khawaja said to Fox Cricket final month." There were a lot of packages that I must believe that I had to beat, certainly not essentially making me a better cricketer. Our company simply had to do it since that's what our company had to perform." There were actually a great deal of things our team carried out in terms of preparing yourself for matches and carrying out warm-ups that felt a bit unusual to me, it didn't really make sense." When a guy's playing at 37 compared to when a fella's 24, they are actually each going to need incredibly various factors. The way that they prep is actually heading to be actually various, what they need to have before a match is actually very different. "It believed that for a long period of time everybody consistently performed the very same factor, despite where you resided in your lifestyle or even in your video game, or where your physical bodies were."( Cummins) will certainly tell you, he most definitely will certainly not educate as much now as you did 5 years ago. You can not. You can't melt the candlestick at each ends. There is actually a small amount much more respect for that now. "Therefore certainly, if it was the old method of doing it, I had to be actually carrying out whatever that every person else carried out, I might be like, 'Ok, I am actually done, no thanks.'" It's possibly the reason I'm still participating in." A lot of Test runs for Australia after 35th birthday2564-- Usman Khawaja2554-- Steve Waugh2473-- Allan Border2323-- Michael Hussey1996-- Chris RogersUsman Khawaja of Australia. Image through Hagen Hopkins/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDespite every thing Khawaja has actually attained during his 13-year Examination career, including two Ashes conquests as well as a World Test Championship label, he still hasn't included in an effective Border-Gavaskar Prize campaign.The Queenslander was lost ahead of the 2011/12 whitewash, while he also had not been chosen for the 2014/15 collection, which stays Australia's recent Border-Gavaskar Prize triumph.Ahead of what will certainly almost certainly be his ultimate Exam collection versus India, Khawaja is positive Australia can end its ten-year dry spell versus the Oriental powerhouse." This undoubtedly believes that one of the greatest staffs our experts've had for an even though," Khawaja claimed." Our experts have actually been actually participating in some really good cricket, yet India's team is great as well, which is why every person's therefore ecstatic to view the No. 1 as well as No. 2 groups differing." This Australian team is incredibly cleared up. It is actually been actually sturdy for a while." There is actually no justifications, whoever succeeds is actually more than likely the greatest team worldwide." I presume our team remain in the most ideal posture we have actually been in an even though to take India on." Khawaja has scored 544 Test runs against India at 34.00, while that number drops to 28.28 on home soil.However, the left-hander takes honor in his functionality during the 2018 Perth Examination against India, where he top-scored in the second innings along with an abrasive 72 in hard conditions." That opening was actually ghastly," Khawaja had a good laugh." Everyone's simply getting favorite. I acquired struck in the almonds. (Aaron) Finch was actually just acquiring appealed his glove he walked off the area. Guys just receiving attacked left, right, and also center. It was actually a new Perth wicket which had not been pretty all set during the time." That's the stuff I review. If I didn't compose operates there, they would certainly possess chased our overall down and our company will possess lost." Usman Khawaja of Queensland. Picture by Morgan Hancock/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesUsman Khawaja's home Examination hitting average74.40 vs New Zealand58.11 vs South Africa57.44 vs the West Indies56.00 vs Sri Lanka53.83 vs England48.70 vs Pakistan28.28 vs IndiaUnlike many of his Australian teammates, Khawaja delighted in a quiet off-season that included plenty of golf and also family time. He embodied the Vancouver Knights in the International T20 Canada, but or else didn't play any type of very competitive cricket over the winter.Having began his home summertime with a half-century against Victoria in last week's one-day match at Junction Oval, Khawaja's concentration turns in the direction of the Sheffield Guard, which acquires underway on Tuesday.To manage his amount of work, the 37-year-old anticipates to only play 3 Sheffield Defense matches just before the initial Exam versus India in overdue November.Queensland will definitely encounter Western Australia for its own Sheffield Shield opener at the WACA from Tuesday, along with the initial ball arranged for 1.30 pm AEDT.