.Usman Khawaja will come to be Australia's oldest Exam cricketer in over 20 years this summer season as the professional opener plans for his 18th time of expert cricket.The Queenslander, that switches 38 this December, will definitely barring trauma become the nation's earliest Test cricketer given that former captain Steve Waugh. Before Tugga, the previous Australian to play Test cricket after commemorating their 38th special day was actually the famous Allan Border.Khawaja, the reigning ICC Exam Cricketer of the Year, believed his global career was over after being actually went down in advance of the 2019/20 summer.However, the left-hander has actually been the Australian Examination side's leading run-scorer due to the fact that his fortuitous recall during the 2021/22 Ashes series, building up 2564 runs at 53.41 with seven hundreds-- simply England's Joe Root has actually managed additional runs throughout that period.Watch India v New Zealand LIVE & special to Fox Athletics, accessible on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free of charge trial today > Khawaja thinks he "undoubtedly" will have resigned years ago if not for the "cooled, rested atmosphere" made by national train Andrew McDonald as well as Test leader Pat Cummins.While he previously really felt disillusioned due to the nationwide team's strategy to instruction, Khawaja commended the present training staff for respecting his requirements as a sportsmen entering the twilight of their having fun career.Curating a customized instruction routine has permitted Khawaja to make his best cricket at a grow older where others have tapered off.Usman Khawaja of Australia. Picture through Dab Hoelscher/ AFPSource: AFP" Playing cricket for Australia is very difficult," Khawaja informed Fox Cricket final month." There were actually a great deal of containers that I must feel like I must tick, certainly not automatically making me a better cricketer. Our company only needed to do it since that's what our experts had to carry out." There were actually a ton of things our experts carried out in terms of getting ready for matches as well as doing workouts that believed a little weird to me, it didn't truly make sense." When a fella's having fun at 37 contrasted to when a guy's 24, they are actually each mosting likely to require quite different things. The manner in which they ready is actually going to be different, what they need to have prior to a match is quite different. "It thought that for a very long time everybody always performed the same trait, regardless of where you remained in your lifestyle or even in your activity, or where your physical bodies were."( Cummins) will definitely inform you, he most definitely will certainly not teach as a lot right now as you performed five years ago. You can't. You can't burn the candle at both sides. There is actually a bit much more respect for that right now. "So absolutely, if it was the aged means of doing it, I must be actually carrying out whatever that everybody else performed, I could be like, 'Ok, I am actually done, no thank you.'" It is actually most likely the main reason why I'm still participating in." A lot of Trial run for Australia after 35th birthday2564-- Usman Khawaja2554-- Steve Waugh2473-- Allan Border2323-- Michael Hussey1996-- Chris RogersUsman Khawaja of Australia. Image by Hagen Hopkins/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDespite everything Khawaja has actually accomplished during the course of his 13-year Examination job, including pair of Ashes victories and also a Planet Test Championship label, he still have not included in an effective Border-Gavaskar Trophy campaign.The Queenslander was actually dropped before the 2011/12 whitewash, while he additionally wasn't picked for the 2014/15 collection, which remains Australia's latest Border-Gavaskar Prize triumph.Ahead of what will definitely easily be his last Test series versus India, Khawaja is confident Australia can finish its own ten-year drought against the Asian powerhouse." This absolutely feels like among the greatest groups our company've had for a while," Khawaja said." We've been actually playing some truly good cricket, but India's crew is actually terrific too, which is why everyone's thus delighted to enjoy the No. 1 as well as No. 2 teams going at it." This Australian team is actually incredibly settled. It's been solid for a while." There is actually no excuses, whoever succeeds is more than likely the best crew on earth." I think our company remain in the most effective setting our team've resided in a while to take India on." Khawaja has actually scored 544 Trial run versus India at 34.00, while that figure loses to 28.28 on home soil.However, the left-hander takes pride in his functionality throughout the 2018 Perth Exam versus India, where he top-scored in the second innings along with a sandy 72 in hard circumstances." That arch was hideous," Khawaja giggled." Everybody's simply receiving hit. I acquired attacked in the nuts. (Aaron) Finch was actually merely acquiring hit on his glove he strolled off the industry. Men just obtaining attacked left, right, and center. It was actually an all new Perth opening which had not been fairly all set during the time." That is actually the stuff I review. If I failed to score operates there, they would possess chased our total down and also our team will have lost." Usman Khawaja of Queensland. Picture 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 many of his Australian colleagues, Khawaja enjoyed a quiet off-season that included loads of golf and also loved ones time. He represented the Vancouver Knights in the International T20 Canada, however typically didn't participate in any kind of reasonable cricket over the winter.Having began his home summertime along with a half-century against Victoria in last week's one-day suit at Junction Oval, Khawaja's focus transforms in the direction of the Sheffield Shield, which gets underway on Tuesday.To handle his workloads, the 37-year-old anticipates to only play 3 Sheffield Guard matches before the initial Exam versus India in late November.Queensland are going to encounter Western side Australia for its own Sheffield Cover opener at the WACA coming from Tuesday, along with the 1st sphere booked for 1.30 pm AEDT.