.Usman Khawaja will certainly end up being Australia's oldest Exam cricketer in over twenty years this summer as the professional opener gets ready for his 18th time of expert cricket.The Queenslander, that switches 38 this December, will certainly blocking trauma end up being the nation's oldest Examination cricketer because previous leader Steve Waugh. Just before Tugga, the previous Australian to play Examination cricket after celebrating their 38th birthday party was the legendary Allan Border.Khawaja, the reigning ICC Test Cricketer of the Year, presumed his international career was over after being actually went down in advance of the 2019/20 summer.However, the left-hander has actually been actually the Australian Examination edge's leading run-scorer because his arbitrary repeal throughout the 2021/22 Ashes set, collecting 2564 perform at 53.41 along with 7 hundreds-- only England's Joe Root has managed even more operates in the course of that period.Watch India v New Zealand LIVE & unique to Fox Sports, readily available on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free trial today > Khawaja feels he "absolutely" would certainly have retired years ago if not for the "cooled, rested environment" developed through national train Andrew McDonald as well as Examination leader Dab Cummins.While he recently felt disillusioned by the nationwide group's technique to instruction, Khawaja praised the existing training team for respecting his needs as an athlete entering into the golden of their having fun career.Curating a customized instruction program has made it possible for Khawaja to generate his ideal cricket at a grow older where others have actually tapered off.Usman Khawaja of Australia. Picture by Dab Hoelscher/ AFPSource: AFP" Playing cricket for Australia is actually very demanding," Khawaja informed Fox Cricket final month." There were actually a ton of cartons that I needed to feel like I needed to tick, not necessarily producing me a better cricketer. We simply must perform it because that's what we had to do." There were actually a lot of factors our company did in terms of getting ready for matches and doing workouts that believed a bit strange to me, it really did not actually make good sense." When an individual's playing at 37 compared to when an individual's 24, they are actually each going to need to have extremely various traits. The way that they prep is actually mosting likely to be actually different, what they need before a match is actually really various. "It thought that for a long time every person regularly did the exact same factor, despite where you remained in your lifestyle or even in your game, or even where your physical bodies were."( Cummins) will inform you, he definitely will certainly not qualify as considerably right now as you did five years earlier. You can not. You can not melt the candle at both sides. There's a small amount even more respect for that currently. "Therefore most definitely, if it was actually the aged technique of doing it, I must be doing whatever that every person else performed, I might be like, 'Ok, I'm performed, no thank you.'" It's possibly the reason that I'm still playing." 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 every little thing Khawaja has accomplished during the course of his 13-year Exam occupation, consisting of pair of Ashes triumphs and also a World Exam Champion label, he still have not featured in an effective Border-Gavaskar Prize campaign.The Queenslander was fallen in advance of the 2011/12 whitewash, while he likewise had not been chosen for the 2014/15 set, which remains Australia's recent Border-Gavaskar Prize triumph.Ahead of what are going to almost certainly be his ultimate Exam set versus India, Khawaja is actually certain Australia can easily end its ten-year dry spell versus the Eastern goliath." This undoubtedly seems like among the greatest staffs our experts've eaten an even though," Khawaja stated." Our team've been playing some actually excellent cricket, but India's group is great also, which is actually why everyone's therefore enthusiastic to see the No. 1 and also No. 2 crews differing." This Australian team is quite resolved. It's been actually tough for a while." There is actually no justifications, whoever succeeds is most likely the greatest team on the planet." I think our team're in the most effective position our experts have actually been in an even though to take India on." Khawaja has actually racked up 544 Trial run versus India at 34.00, while that number loses to 28.28 on home soil.However, the left-hander takes pleasure in his performance in the course of the 2018 Perth Test versus India, where he top-scored in the second innings with a sandy 72 in tough situations." That arch was horrendous," Khawaja laughed." Every person's simply acquiring smash hit. I received struck in the almonds. (Aaron) Finch was just obtaining hit on his glove he walked off the industry. People simply acquiring hit left, right, and also centre. It was actually a new Perth arch which wasn't fairly prepared back then." That's right stuff I review. If I didn't score operates certainly there, they will possess chased our total amount down as well as our experts would certainly possess dropped." Usman Khawaja of Queensland. Photograph through Morgan Hancock/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesUsman Khawaja's home Test 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 several of his Australian allies, Khawaja appreciated a peaceful off-season that included loads of golf and also family members opportunity. He embodied the Vancouver Knights in the Global T20 Canada, but otherwise really did not participate in any sort of competitive cricket over the winter.Having started his home summer along with a half-century against Victoria in recently's one-day match at Junction Oval, Khawaja's emphasis transforms towards the Sheffield Shield, which gets underway on Tuesday.To handle his workloads, the 37-year-old anticipates to simply play three Sheffield Defense matches before the 1st Examination versus India in late November.Queensland are going to encounter Western side Australia for its own Sheffield Guard opener at the WACA from Tuesday, along with the very first sphere set up for 1.30 pm AEDT.