.Usman Khawaja will certainly become Australia's earliest Examination cricketer in over twenty years this summer season as the professional opener plans for his 18th period of professional cricket.The Queenslander, that transforms 38 this December, will blocking trauma come to be the nation's oldest Exam cricketer since former captain Steve Waugh. Before Tugga, the previous Australian to participate in Exam cricket after celebrating their 38th special day was the fabulous Allan Border.Khawaja, the reigning ICC Examination Cricketer of the Year, presumed his international occupation was over after being dropped ahead of the 2019/20 summer.However, the left-hander has been actually the Australian Examination edge's leading run-scorer considering that his fortuitous callback during the 2021/22 Ashes series, accumulating 2564 perform at 53.41 with seven hundreds-- just England's Joe Root has managed additional operates during the course of that period.Watch India v New Zealand LIVE & exclusive to Fox Athletics, readily available on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your complimentary trial today > Khawaja thinks he "most definitely" will have resigned years ago or even for the "chilled, rested setting" made by national instructor Andrew McDonald and also Exam captain Dab Cummins.While he formerly really felt disappointed by the nationwide staff's strategy to training, Khawaja applauded the present coaching team for respecting his necessities as an athlete getting into the golden of their having fun career.Curating a personal instruction routine has enabled Khawaja to generate his best cricket at an age where others have tapered off.Usman Khawaja of Australia. Picture through Dab Hoelscher/ AFPSource: AFP" Participating in cricket for Australia is actually incredibly taxing," Khawaja told Fox Cricket final month." There were actually a lot of cartons that I must believe that I had to tick, not necessarily creating me a much better cricketer. Our company simply needed to perform it because that's what we must carry out." There were actually a great deal of things our team did in terms of preparing for suits as well as doing workouts that believed a little bit unusual to me, it failed to really make sense." When a person's having fun at 37 reviewed to when a fella's 24, they're both heading to require extremely different traits. The way that they prep is going to be actually various, what they need before a match is really different. "It felt like for a number of years everybody consistently carried out the same trait, despite where you remained in your life or in your video game, or even where your physical bodies were actually."( Cummins) will certainly inform you, he undoubtedly will certainly not teach as much currently as you performed 5 years ago. You can not. You can't shed the candle at each ends. There is actually a little bit a lot more appreciation for that currently. "So most definitely, if it was actually the old way of doing it, I must be actually performing every thing that every person else did, I may be like, 'Ok, I'm done, no thanks.'" It is actually possibly the reason I'm still playing." The majority of Test runs for Australia after 35th birthday2564-- Usman Khawaja2554-- Steve Waugh2473-- Allan Border2323-- Michael Hussey1996-- Chris RogersUsman Khawaja of Australia. Picture by Hagen Hopkins/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDespite whatever Khawaja has actually achieved during the course of his 13-year Examination occupation, including 2 Ashes victories and also a Planet Examination Championship title, he still have not featured in a productive Border-Gavaskar Prize campaign.The Queenslander was gone down in advance of the 2011/12 whitewash, while he likewise had not been selected for the 2014/15 collection, which stays Australia's most recent Border-Gavaskar Prize triumph.Ahead of what will certainly easily be his final Exam series versus India, Khawaja is actually self-assured Australia can easily finish its own ten-year drought versus the Asian goliath." This definitely thinks that some of the greatest teams our team have actually eaten an even though," Khawaja said." Our experts have actually been participating in some definitely excellent cricket, yet India's team is very good as well, which is why every person's thus delighted to enjoy the No. 1 as well as No. 2 staffs differing." This Australian staff is actually quite cleared up. It's been strong for a while." There is actually no justifications, whoever succeeds is likely the best staff on the planet." I assume our company reside in the most effective placement our experts have actually been in an even though to take India on." Khawaja has scored 544 Trial run versus India at 34.00, while that figure goes down to 28.28 on home soil.However, the left-hander takes pleasure in his functionality in the course of the 2018 Perth Test against India, where he top-scored in the 2nd innings with a rough 72 in challenging situations." That wicket was actually ghastly," Khawaja had a good laugh." Everybody's just receiving smash hit. I obtained hit in the nuts. (Aaron) Finch was actually only receiving appealed his handwear cover he walked off the area. Fellas merely receiving struck left, right, as well as centre. It was an all new Perth opening which wasn't quite ready back then." That's right stuff I look back on. If I really did not compose operates there, they will have chased our total amount down and our company would certainly possess shed." Usman Khawaja of Queensland. Image by Morgan Hancock/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesUsman Khawaja's home Test batting 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 numerous of his Australian allies, Khawaja delighted in a quiet off-season that featured plenty of golf and family members opportunity. He embodied the Vancouver Knights in the International T20 Canada, but typically really did not participate in any reasonable cricket over the winter.Having started his home summer months along with a half-century against Victoria in recently's one-day suit at Junction Oval, Khawaja's concentration turns towards the Sheffield Cover, which gets underway on Tuesday.To handle his workloads, the 37-year-old anticipates to only participate in 3 Sheffield Cover matches prior to the first Examination against India in late November.Queensland are going to deal with Western side Australia for its Sheffield Guard opener at the WACA coming from Tuesday, along with the 1st sphere arranged for 1.30 pm AEDT.