.Usman Khawaja will certainly become Australia's earliest Exam cricketer in over two decades this summer months as the professional opener plans for his 18th time of professional cricket.The Queenslander, that transforms 38 this December, are going to barring accident end up being the country's oldest Test cricketer since former leader Steve Waugh. Just before Tugga, the previous Australian to participate in Examination cricket after commemorating their 38th birthday celebration was the fabulous Allan Border.Khawaja, the ruling ICC Exam Cricketer of the Year, thought his worldwide job mored than after being actually went down ahead of the 2019/20 summer.However, the left-hander has been the Australian Exam side's leading run-scorer since his fortuitous repeal in the course of the 2021/22 Ashes collection, building up 2564 perform at 53.41 along with seven hundreds-- merely England's Joe Origin has handled more runs during the course of that period.Watch India v New Zealand LIVE & special to Fox Sports, offered on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your complimentary test today > Khawaja feels he "most definitely" will possess resigned years ago or even for the "cooled, relaxed atmosphere" developed through national instructor Andrew McDonald and Examination captain Dab Cummins.While he earlier really felt disenchanted by the nationwide crew's strategy to training, Khawaja applauded the current training team for recognizing his demands as a sportsmen entering into the golden of their playing career.Curating a customized instruction program has actually permitted Khawaja to generate his absolute best cricket at an age where others have tapered off.Usman Khawaja of Australia. Photograph by Dab Hoelscher/ AFPSource: AFP" Participating in cricket for Australia is actually incredibly difficult," Khawaja said to Fox Cricket last month." There were a ton of containers that I needed to seem like I had to tick, not always making me a much better cricketer. Our company simply had to perform it because that's what our experts had to carry out." There were actually a lot of things our team performed in relations to getting ready for matches as well as doing workouts that believed a bit odd to me, it didn't actually make sense." When a guy's having fun at 37 compared to when a guy's 24, they're both mosting likely to need to have extremely various things. The manner in which they prep is visiting be actually different, what they need just before a suit is incredibly various. "It thought that for a very long time everyone consistently did the same thing, no matter where you resided in your lifestyle or in your game, or even where your physical bodies were actually."( Cummins) will tell you, he most definitely would certainly not teach as a lot now as you carried out 5 years earlier. You can not. You can not burn the candle at each sides. There is actually a small amount extra respect for that currently. "So most definitely, if it was the outdated means of doing it, I had to be actually carrying out every little thing that every person else did, I could be like, 'Ok, I'm carried out, no thanks.'" It is actually perhaps the reason why I am actually still playing." A lot of Test runs for Australia after 35th birthday2564-- Usman Khawaja2554-- Steve Waugh2473-- Allan Border2323-- Michael Hussey1996-- Chris RogersUsman Khawaja of Australia. Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDespite every little thing Khawaja has attained during his 13-year Test occupation, consisting of two Ashes triumphs and also a Planet Examination Champion label, he still hasn't featured in an effective Border-Gavaskar Prize campaign.The Queenslander was fallen in front of the 2011/12 whitewash, while he also had not been picked for the 2014/15 set, which stays Australia's latest Border-Gavaskar Trophy triumph.Ahead of what will almost certainly be his last Test series versus India, Khawaja is actually positive Australia can finish its ten-year dry spell versus the Eastern powerhouse." This certainly thinks that some of the strongest crews our company have actually eaten an even though," Khawaja pointed out." Our company've been participating in some definitely good cricket, but India's staff is good also, which is actually why everyone's so enthusiastic to check out the No. 1 as well as No. 2 staffs differing." This Australian crew is incredibly settled. It is actually been sturdy for some time." There's no justifications, whoever wins is most likely the most effective team around the world." I presume we remain in the greatest position our company have actually remained in an even though to take India on." Khawaja has scored 544 Test runs against India at 34.00, while that figure loses to 28.28 on home soil.However, the left-hander takes pride in his functionality in the course of the 2018 Perth Examination against India, where he top-scored in the 2nd innings along with a sandy 72 in challenging conditions." That wicket was actually horrible," Khawaja giggled." Everyone's simply receiving smash hit. I got struck in the nuts. (Aaron) Finch was actually simply obtaining appealed his glove he walked off the field. Guys only receiving hit left, straight, and also facility. It was a brand new Perth opening which wasn't very all set back then." That is actually the stuff I review. If I failed to compose operates certainly there, they would certainly possess chased our overall down and also our team will have dropped." Usman Khawaja of Queensland. Photo through Morgan Hancock/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesUsman Khawaja's home Exam 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 enjoyed a quiet off-season that included a lot of golf as well as household opportunity. He embodied the Vancouver Knights in the International T20 Canada, yet otherwise really did not play any type of very competitive cricket over the winter.Having started his home summertime with a half-century against Victoria in last week's one-day match at Joint Oval, Khawaja's focus turns towards the Sheffield Cover, which obtains underway on Tuesday.To manage his amount of work, the 37-year-old counts on to just play 3 Sheffield Guard matches prior to the first Exam versus India in overdue November.Queensland are going to encounter Western Australia for its own Sheffield Shield opener at the WACA from Tuesday, along with the first sphere planned for 1.30 pm AEDT.