.Usman Khawaja are going to become Australia's oldest Exam cricketer in over twenty years this summer as the professional opener organizes his 18th period of expert cricket.The Queenslander, that turns 38 this December, will barring personal injury end up being the country's oldest Exam cricketer because past leader Steve Waugh. Just before Tugga, the previous Australian to participate in Exam cricket after commemorating their 38th birthday party was the fabulous Allan Border.Khawaja, the ruling ICC Examination Cricketer of the Year, believed his worldwide career was over after being lost in advance of the 2019/20 summer.However, the left-hander has been actually the Australian Examination side's leading run-scorer since his fortuitous recall in the course of the 2021/22 Ashes collection, accumulating 2564 perform at 53.41 with seven hundreds-- only England's Joe Root has dealt with additional operates during that period.Watch India v New Zealand LIVE & unique to Fox Athletics, available on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your free of charge trial today > Khawaja thinks he "certainly" would certainly possess resigned years ago if not for the "cooled, rested setting" generated by national coach Andrew McDonald as well as Examination leader Pat Cummins.While he previously really felt disillusioned due to the national crew's strategy to instruction, Khawaja commended the current coaching team for valuing his requirements as a professional athlete going into the golden of their playing career.Curating a personal instruction program has allowed Khawaja to generate his absolute best cricket at an age where others have blended off.Usman Khawaja of Australia. Picture by Pat Hoelscher/ AFPSource: AFP" Playing cricket for Australia is actually very demanding," Khawaja told Fox Cricket last month." There were a lot of boxes that I needed to seem like I needed to beat, not essentially producing me a better cricketer. Our experts only needed to perform it since that's what our company needed to carry out." There were actually a great deal of points our company performed in relations to getting ready for matches and also performing workouts that felt a little bit bizarre to me, it really did not definitely make sense." When a guy's playing at 37 matched up to when a person's 24, they're both heading to need to have really various things. The manner in which they prepare is heading to be various, what they need to have just before a suit is actually really different. "It thought that for a long time everybody always did the exact same point, regardless of where you were in your life or in your game, or where your body systems were actually."( Cummins) will definitely inform you, he certainly will certainly not qualify as considerably now as you performed 5 years back. You can not. You can not melt the candle at each sides. There's a little extra respect for that currently. "Therefore absolutely, if it was the outdated way of performing it, I had to be actually carrying out everything that every person else performed, I might be like, 'Ok, I am actually performed, no thanks.'" It is actually probably the reason that I am actually still participating in." Most Test runs 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 whatever Khawaja has actually attained during his 13-year Exam occupation, consisting of 2 Ashes conquests and also a Globe Examination Championship headline, he still have not included in a productive Border-Gavaskar Prize campaign.The Queenslander was lost ahead of the 2011/12 whitewash, while he also wasn't selected for the 2014/15 set, which stays Australia's most recent Border-Gavaskar Prize triumph.Ahead of what are going to probably be his last Exam series against India, Khawaja is confident Australia can end its own ten-year drought against the Oriental powerhouse." This absolutely believes that some of the toughest teams our experts have actually had for an even though," Khawaja pointed out." Our experts've been actually participating in some really good cricket, but India's team is great too, which is why everyone's so excited to check out the No. 1 as well as No. 2 groups going at it." This Australian crew is actually very worked out. It is actually been actually strong for some time." There's no reasons, whoever succeeds is likely the best crew in the world." I presume we reside in the most ideal posture our team have actually remained in an even though to take India on." Khawaja has racked up 544 Test runs versus India at 34.00, while that amount drops to 28.28 on home soil.However, the left-hander takes honor in his performance in the course of the 2018 Perth Exam versus India, where he top-scored in the second innings along with an abrasive 72 in difficult circumstances." That arch was actually hideous," Khawaja chuckled." Everyone's just receiving hit. I acquired reached in the nuts. (Aaron) Finch was simply getting hit on his handwear cover he walked off the field. Men simply receiving attacked left, right, as well as center. It was actually an all new Perth wicket which had not been very all set during the time." That is actually right stuff I look back on. If I didn't score operates certainly there, they would possess chased our overall down and also our team would certainly have shed." Usman Khawaja of Queensland. Picture by 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 teammates, Khawaja delighted in a silent off-season that featured lots of golf as well as family members time. He embodied the Vancouver Knights in the Worldwide T20 Canada, however or else failed to participate in any kind of affordable cricket over the winter.Having began his home summer season with a half-century against Victoria in recently's one-day suit at Junction Oval, Khawaja's focus transforms towards the Sheffield Cover, which receives underway on Tuesday.To manage his workloads, the 37-year-old anticipates to simply participate in 3 Sheffield Defense matches just before the initial Examination versus India in late November.Queensland will face Western side Australia for its own Sheffield Defense opener at the WACA coming from Tuesday, with the very first sphere booked for 1.30 pm AEDT.