.Usman Khawaja will certainly come to be Australia's earliest Exam cricketer in over 20 years this summer as the veteran opener organizes his 18th period of expert cricket.The Queenslander, that transforms 38 this December, will certainly blocking accident come to be the nation's earliest Exam cricketer since former leader Steve Waugh. Just before Tugga, the previous Australian to participate in Test cricket after celebrating their 38th special day was actually the fabulous Allan Border.Khawaja, the reigning ICC Examination Cricketer of the Year, presumed his worldwide occupation ended after being actually fell before the 2019/20 summer.However, the left-hander has been the Australian Examination edge's leading run-scorer due to the fact that his arbitrary recall during the 2021/22 Ashes collection, collecting 2564 perform at 53.41 with seven hundreds-- only England's Joe Root has actually handled more operates in the course of that period.Watch India v New Zealand LIVE & exclusive to Fox Sports, accessible on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free of cost trial today > Khawaja thinks he "absolutely" will possess resigned years ago otherwise for the "cooled, unwinded environment" produced by national instructor Andrew McDonald and Examination leader Dab Cummins.While he previously experienced disappointed due to the national team's method to instruction, Khawaja praised the existing coaching staff for recognizing his needs as a sportsmen entering into the golden of their having fun career.Curating a customised training routine has actually permitted Khawaja to create his greatest cricket at a grow older where others have actually tapered off.Usman Khawaja of Australia. Photograph by Pat Hoelscher/ AFPSource: AFP" Participating in cricket for Australia is very difficult," Khawaja told Fox Cricket last month." There were actually a great deal of boxes that I had to seem like I had to tick, not essentially producing me a far better cricketer. We simply must do it since that's what we needed to do." There were actually a considerable amount of traits we carried out in terms of preparing yourself for suits and carrying out warm-ups that thought a little bit unusual to me, it really did not truly make sense." When a fella's having fun at 37 compared to when a man's 24, they're each mosting likely to require incredibly various points. The way that they prepare is actually going to be various, what they need to have just before a suit is actually very various. "It seemed like for a number of years every person always performed the same trait, regardless of where you resided in your life or even in your video game, or even where your bodies were actually."( Cummins) will certainly inform you, he certainly would certainly not train as much currently as you carried out five years earlier. You can not. You can't shed the candle at both ends. There is actually a small amount a lot more respect for that right now. "So most definitely, if it was the outdated technique of doing it, I needed to be carrying out every thing that every person else carried out, I might be like, 'Ok, I am actually done, no thank you.'" It's most likely the main reason why I'm still participating in." A lot of Test runs for Australia after 35th birthday2564-- Usman Khawaja2554-- Steve Waugh2473-- Allan Border2323-- Michael Hussey1996-- Chris RogersUsman Khawaja of Australia. Photograph by Hagen Hopkins/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDespite every little thing Khawaja has attained during his 13-year Examination job, including 2 Ashes victories as well as a World Exam Champion label, he still have not included in an effective Border-Gavaskar Prize campaign.The Queenslander was actually fallen in front of the 2011/12 whitewash, while he additionally wasn't decided on for the 2014/15 collection, which remains Australia's most recent Border-Gavaskar Trophy triumph.Ahead of what will definitely possibly be his final Examination set against India, Khawaja is actually certain Australia may finish its own ten-year dry spell against the Asian giant." This definitely believes that one of the greatest teams our company've had for an although," Khawaja pointed out." Our company have actually been actually participating in some truly good cricket, but India's group is actually great as well, which is actually why everybody's therefore delighted to see the No. 1 as well as No. 2 staffs going at it." This Australian staff is actually extremely resolved. It is actually been actually strong for a while." There is actually no justifications, whoever wins is most likely the most effective team around the world." I assume we reside in the best setting our experts've remained in an although to take India on." Khawaja has scored 544 Trial run against India at 34.00, while that figure drops to 28.28 on home soil.However, the left-hander takes pride in his performance in the course of the 2018 Perth Examination versus India, where he top-scored in the second innings with a sandy 72 in tough circumstances." That wicket was hideous," Khawaja laughed." Every person's only receiving hit. I acquired hit in the nuts. (Aaron) Finch was actually just acquiring appealed his glove he strolled off the field. Individuals merely getting struck left, right, and facility. It was actually a brand new Perth opening which wasn't quite all set at the moment." That is actually right stuff I review. If I didn't compose runs there, they will possess chased our total down as well as our experts will have shed." Usman Khawaja of Queensland. Image by Morgan Hancock/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesUsman Khawaja's home Test batting 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 colleagues, Khawaja took pleasure in a peaceful off-season that featured a lot of golf and also loved ones opportunity. He stood for the Vancouver Knights in the International T20 Canada, yet otherwise failed to participate in any kind of reasonable cricket over the winter.Having started his home summertime along with a half-century against Victoria in recently's one-day match at Joint Oval, Khawaja's concentration transforms towards the Sheffield Guard, which acquires underway on Tuesday.To manage his workloads, the 37-year-old expects to simply play 3 Sheffield Cover matches just before the very first Test against India in overdue November.Queensland are going to deal with Western Australia for its own Sheffield Defense opener at the WACA from Tuesday, with the 1st ball set up for 1.30 pm AEDT.