.Usman Khawaja are going to become Australia's oldest Examination cricketer in over two decades this summertime as the expert opener gets ready for his 18th season of specialist cricket.The Queenslander, who transforms 38 this December, will certainly blocking trauma come to be the country's oldest Examination cricketer due to the fact that former leader Steve Waugh. Before Tugga, the previous Australian to play Test cricket after celebrating their 38th birthday celebration was actually the famous Allan Border.Khawaja, the ruling ICC Examination Cricketer of the Year, presumed his global occupation ended after being went down ahead of the 2019/20 summer.However, the left-hander has actually been the Australian Examination edge's leading run-scorer given that his fortuitous callback in the course of the 2021/22 Ashes collection, accumulating 2564 perform at 53.41 along with seven hundreds-- just England's Joe Root has actually taken care of additional runs during the course of that period.Watch India v New Zealand LIVE & exclusive to Fox Athletics, accessible on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your free of cost trial today > Khawaja feels he "definitely" would certainly have resigned years ago or even for the "chilled, unwinded environment" generated by national train Andrew McDonald and also Examination captain Pat Cummins.While he earlier felt disillusioned by the nationwide staff's method to instruction, Khawaja praised the present coaching team for valuing his requirements as a professional athlete entering into the twilight of their playing career.Curating a personalised instruction routine has allowed Khawaja to create his ideal cricket at an age where others have actually tapered off.Usman Khawaja of Australia. Photo through Dab Hoelscher/ AFPSource: AFP" Participating in cricket for Australia is extremely demanding," Khawaja informed Fox Cricket last month." There were a bunch of packages that I needed to seem like I must tick, certainly not always making me a better cricketer. Our experts just had to do it because that's what we had to perform." There were actually a ton of factors our team performed in relations to getting ready for suits and also doing warm-ups that felt a little unusual to me, it didn't actually make good sense." When a person's playing at 37 compared to when a fella's 24, they are actually both heading to need to have extremely various factors. The manner in which they prepare is heading to be actually various, what they require before a match is actually quite various. "It thought that for a number of years everyone constantly carried out the exact same thing, regardless of where you remained in your life or in your video game, or even where your bodies were."( Cummins) will certainly tell you, he certainly would certainly not qualify as a lot currently as you did 5 years earlier. You can't. You can not get rid of the candlestick at each sides. There's a little bit even more appreciation for that currently. "Therefore most definitely, if it was actually the outdated technique of performing it, I had to be actually performing every little thing that everybody else carried out, I could be like, 'Ok, I am actually carried out, no thank you.'" It is actually most likely the reason why I am actually still participating in." Many Trial run for Australia after 35th birthday2564-- Usman Khawaja2554-- Steve Waugh2473-- Allan Border2323-- Michael Hussey1996-- Chris RogersUsman Khawaja of Australia. Photo through Hagen Hopkins/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDespite whatever Khawaja has actually achieved throughout his 13-year Exam profession, featuring two Ashes conquests and a Globe Test Champion label, he still hasn't featured in a successful Border-Gavaskar Prize campaign.The Queenslander was actually gone down before the 2011/12 whitewash, while he additionally had not been decided on for the 2014/15 series, which stays Australia's newest Border-Gavaskar Trophy triumph.Ahead of what will definitely probably be his ultimate Exam collection versus India, Khawaja is self-assured Australia may end its ten-year dry spell against the Oriental goliath." This certainly feels like some of the toughest groups our experts have actually had for a while," Khawaja claimed." Our experts've been playing some definitely excellent cricket, but India's staff is great too, which is actually why everybody's therefore fired up to view the No. 1 and No. 2 crews differing." This Australian group is actually incredibly resolved. It is actually been sturdy for some time." There's no justifications, whoever gains is actually more than likely the most effective team around the world." I believe our company're in the most ideal position our company've resided in an although to take India on." Khawaja has racked up 544 Trial run against India at 34.00, while that figure falls to 28.28 on home soil.However, the left-hander takes pride in his efficiency in the course of the 2018 Perth Examination versus India, where he top-scored in the second innings along with a gritty 72 in hard conditions." That gate was horrible," Khawaja laughed." Everybody's simply getting hit. I obtained reached in the nuts. (Aaron) Finch was actually merely getting hit on his glove he strolled off the field. Men just acquiring attacked left, right, as well as centre. It was actually a brand-new Perth gate which wasn't pretty ready at the moment." That's the stuff I look back on. If I didn't score runs there certainly, they would certainly possess chased our total down as well as our company would certainly have dropped." Usman Khawaja of Queensland. Photo 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 numerous of his Australian colleagues, Khawaja delighted in a quiet off-season that included plenty of golf and also family members opportunity. He worked with the Vancouver Knights in the Global T20 Canada, however otherwise really did not play any sort of competitive cricket over the winter.Having began his home summer season with a half-century versus Victoria in last week's one-day suit at Junction Oval, Khawaja's focus switches in the direction of the Sheffield Defense, which acquires underway on Tuesday.To handle his workloads, the 37-year-old anticipates to only play three Sheffield Cover matches just before the 1st Exam versus India in overdue November.Queensland will certainly experience Western side Australia for its own Sheffield Guard opener at the WACA coming from Tuesday, with the 1st ball arranged for 1.30 pm AEDT.