.Usman Khawaja will certainly end up being Australia's earliest Exam cricketer in over twenty years this summertime as the expert opener plans for his 18th time of professional cricket.The Queenslander, who switches 38 this December, are going to blocking trauma come to be the country's earliest Examination cricketer due to the fact that previous leader Steve Waugh. Before Tugga, the previous Australian to play Test cricket after celebrating their 38th birthday was the epic Allan Border.Khawaja, the reigning ICC Exam Cricketer of the Year, assumed his global job ended after being fell in front of the 2019/20 summer.However, the left-hander has been the Australian Test edge's leading run-scorer since his arbitrary recall during the 2021/22 Ashes series, accumulating 2564 go for 53.41 along with seven hundreds-- merely England's Joe Origin has actually taken care of even more operates during that period.Watch India v New Zealand LIVE & special to Fox Sports, on call on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your cost-free trial today > Khawaja believes he "certainly" will possess resigned years ago if not for the "cooled, rested atmosphere" created by nationwide trainer Andrew McDonald as well as Exam leader Dab Cummins.While he earlier really felt disenchanted due to the nationwide staff's strategy to training, Khawaja applauded the existing training team for valuing his necessities as an athlete getting into the golden of their playing career.Curating a personal training program has enabled Khawaja to generate his absolute best cricket at an age where others have tapered off.Usman Khawaja of Australia. Image through Dab Hoelscher/ AFPSource: AFP" Playing cricket for Australia is actually very nerve-racking," Khawaja told Fox Cricket last month." There were a great deal of containers that I must feel like I needed to beat, certainly not necessarily creating me a far better cricketer. Our company merely needed to do it since that's what our team must perform." There were actually a considerable amount of factors we carried out in regards to getting ready for suits and also doing workouts that thought a little odd to me, it didn't definitely make good sense." When an individual's having fun at 37 matched up to when a man's 24, they're each visiting need very various traits. The way that they prep is actually going to be various, what they require before a match is actually extremely different. "It thought that for a very long time every person constantly did the very same factor, no matter where you resided in your life or in your activity, or where your body systems were actually."( Cummins) is going to tell you, he most definitely will certainly not educate as considerably currently as you carried out 5 years ago. You can not. You can not get rid of the candlestick at both sides. There's a little even more appreciation for that currently. "Therefore certainly, if it was the old method of performing it, I needed to be carrying out every thing that everyone else performed, I might be like, 'Ok, I am actually performed, no thanks.'" It's most likely the reason that I'm still participating in." Many Test runs for Australia after 35th birthday2564-- Usman Khawaja2554-- Steve Waugh2473-- Allan Border2323-- Michael Hussey1996-- Chris RogersUsman Khawaja of Australia. Photograph through Hagen Hopkins/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDespite everything Khawaja has actually obtained throughout his 13-year Examination career, consisting of two Ashes victories and a World Test Championship label, he still hasn't included 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 chosen for the 2014/15 collection, which stays Australia's most recent Border-Gavaskar Prize triumph.Ahead of what are going to likely be his final Examination set against India, Khawaja is actually positive Australia can easily end its ten-year drought versus the Oriental giant." This absolutely seems like one of the toughest groups our team've eaten a while," Khawaja pointed out." Our team have actually been participating in some really excellent cricket, however India's crew is terrific as well, which is why everyone's so delighted to enjoy the No. 1 and No. 2 teams differing." This Australian staff is actually really settled. It is actually been tough for some time." There is actually no reasons, whoever wins is probably the greatest group on the planet." I think our team remain in the greatest position our team've resided in a while to take India on." Khawaja has actually racked up 544 Trial run versus India at 34.00, while that amount goes down to 28.28 on home soil.However, the left-hander takes honor in his functionality in the course of the 2018 Perth Test against India, where he top-scored in the second innings with a sandy 72 in challenging conditions." That gate was actually horrendous," Khawaja had a good laugh." Everyone's only getting hit. I acquired struck in the almonds. (Aaron) Finch was actually just obtaining hit on his handwear cover he walked off the industry. Individuals just acquiring attacked left, straight, and also centre. It was a brand-new Perth gate which wasn't very all set back then." That is actually right stuff I look back on. If I really did not compose operates there certainly, they would certainly have chased our overall down and our company would have shed." Usman Khawaja of Queensland. Photograph through Morgan Hancock/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesUsman Khawaja's home Exam 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 colleagues, Khawaja appreciated a quiet off-season that included a lot of golf and household opportunity. He represented the Vancouver Knights in the Global T20 Canada, yet or else really did not play any kind of competitive cricket over the winter.Having began his home summertime along with a half-century against Victoria in recently's one-day suit at Joint Oval, Khawaja's concentration transforms in the direction of the Sheffield Guard, which receives underway on Tuesday.To manage his work, the 37-year-old anticipates to merely play three Sheffield Defense matches prior to the first Test versus India in overdue November.Queensland will experience Western Australia for its own Sheffield Shield opener at the WACA from Tuesday, with the 1st ball scheduled for 1.30 pm AEDT.