.Usman Khawaja are going to come to be Australia's earliest Exam cricketer in over twenty years this summer as the pro opener organizes his 18th season of professional cricket.The Queenslander, that transforms 38 this December, will certainly barring injury come to be the country's earliest Test cricketer due to the fact that past leader Steve Waugh. Before Tugga, the previous Australian to participate in Exam cricket after commemorating their 38th birthday was actually the fabulous Allan Border.Khawaja, the reigning ICC Exam Cricketer of the Year, assumed his global job ended after being actually fell in advance of the 2019/20 summer.However, the left-hander has actually been actually the Australian Examination edge's leading run-scorer considering that his arbitrary recall throughout the 2021/22 Ashes series, accumulating 2564 perform at 53.41 with seven hundreds-- simply England's Joe Root has handled even more runs in the course of that period.Watch India v New Zealand LIVE & unique to Fox Athletics, accessible on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free of cost test today > Khawaja feels he "absolutely" would have resigned years ago if not for the "cooled, rested setting" produced by national coach Andrew McDonald and also Examination captain Pat Cummins.While he recently experienced disillusioned due to the national group's technique to training, Khawaja applauded the existing coaching team for valuing his demands as an athlete getting in the twilight of their having fun career.Curating a customised instruction routine has made it possible for Khawaja to produce his absolute best cricket at a grow older where others have blended off.Usman Khawaja of Australia. Photograph by Pat Hoelscher/ AFPSource: AFP" Participating in cricket for Australia is very nerve-racking," Khawaja said to Fox Cricket last month." There were actually a bunch of cartons that I needed to believe that I needed to tick, not essentially producing me a much better cricketer. Our experts simply needed to do it since that's what our company had to do." There were actually a ton of points our team performed in relations to getting ready for suits and carrying out workouts that thought a little bit weird to me, it didn't really make good sense." When a guy's playing at 37 compared to when a man's 24, they are actually both heading to require quite various points. The way that they ready is actually going to be actually different, what they need to have before a match is actually very different. "It felt like for a long period of time everybody constantly performed the same factor, regardless of where you resided in your life or in your video game, or even where your physical bodies were actually."( Cummins) will definitely tell you, he certainly will certainly not qualify as a lot right now as you did 5 years back. You can't. You can't melt the candlestick at each sides. There is actually a little extra respect for that right now. "Therefore undoubtedly, if it was the outdated technique of doing it, I had to be actually doing whatever that everybody else did, I could be like, 'Ok, I am actually carried out, no thank you.'" It's most likely the reason I am actually still playing." Many Trial run for Australia after 35th birthday2564-- Usman Khawaja2554-- Steve Waugh2473-- Allan Border2323-- Michael Hussey1996-- Chris RogersUsman Khawaja of Australia. Picture by Hagen Hopkins/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDespite whatever Khawaja has actually accomplished during his 13-year Examination occupation, featuring two Ashes accomplishments and also a World Test Champion headline, he still hasn't included in an effective Border-Gavaskar Trophy campaign.The Queenslander was actually lost before the 2011/12 whitewash, while he likewise had not been picked for the 2014/15 series, which stays Australia's recent Border-Gavaskar Trophy triumph.Ahead of what will certainly likely be his final Exam collection against India, Khawaja is confident Australia can easily end its ten-year drought versus the Eastern powerhouse." This absolutely feels like among the greatest groups we have actually eaten an although," Khawaja mentioned." Our experts've been actually participating in some truly excellent cricket, yet India's staff is great also, which is actually why everyone's therefore delighted to watch the No. 1 as well as No. 2 crews differing." This Australian crew is quite cleared up. It's been actually strong for a while." There is actually no excuses, whoever succeeds is more than likely the very best staff around the world." I presume our team're in the most ideal position our team have actually resided in an even though to take India on." Khawaja has racked up 544 Trial run versus India at 34.00, while that figure drops to 28.28 on home soil.However, the left-hander takes pride in his functionality throughout the 2018 Perth Examination against India, where he top-scored in the 2nd innings with a sandy 72 in hard conditions." That arch was actually horrendous," Khawaja chuckled." Every person's merely receiving hit. I acquired reached in the almonds. (Aaron) Finch was only acquiring hit on his glove he strolled off the area. Individuals only getting hit left, right, and also center. It was a brand new Perth arch which wasn't pretty ready back then." That's the stuff I reflect on. If I didn't score runs there certainly, they would have chased our overall down and our company would possess shed." Usman Khawaja of Queensland. Image 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 many of his Australian teammates, Khawaja delighted in a silent off-season that included plenty of golf and loved ones time. He stood for the Vancouver Knights in the Global T20 Canada, yet or else really did not participate in any sort of affordable cricket over the winter.Having began his home summer months with a half-century against Victoria in last week's one-day match at Junction Oval, Khawaja's emphasis switches towards the Sheffield Shield, which acquires underway on Tuesday.To manage his workloads, the 37-year-old expects to only participate in three Sheffield Shield matches prior to the first Test versus India in overdue November.Queensland will deal with Western Australia for its own Sheffield Guard opener at the WACA from Tuesday, with the very first ball scheduled for 1.30 pm AEDT.