.Usman Khawaja will certainly become Australia's earliest Examination cricketer in over 20 years this summer as the pro opener gets ready for his 18th period of specialist cricket.The Queenslander, who turns 38 this December, will barring personal injury come to be the country's earliest Examination cricketer given that former captain Steve Waugh. Just before Tugga, the previous Australian to play Test cricket after celebrating their 38th birthday celebration was actually the fabulous Allan Border.Khawaja, the reigning ICC Test Cricketer of the Year, presumed his worldwide profession mored than after being actually went down in front of the 2019/20 summer.However, the left-hander has been actually the Australian Exam side's leading run-scorer because his fortuitous recall during the 2021/22 Ashes series, collecting 2564 perform at 53.41 with seven hundreds-- only England's Joe Root has actually taken care of additional operates during that period.Watch India v New Zealand LIVE & exclusive to Fox Sports, readily available on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your totally free trial today > Khawaja believes he "undoubtedly" would certainly have resigned years ago if not for the "chilled, rested atmosphere" made by national instructor Andrew McDonald and Exam leader Dab Cummins.While he recently experienced disillusioned by the nationwide staff's method to instruction, Khawaja applauded the present coaching staff for appreciating his necessities as a sportsmen getting into the golden of their having fun career.Curating a personalised training program has actually enabled Khawaja to produce his finest cricket at an age where others have tapered off.Usman Khawaja of Australia. Photograph through Pat Hoelscher/ AFPSource: AFP" Participating in cricket for Australia is actually really nerve-racking," Khawaja said to Fox Cricket final month." There were a lot of boxes that I must believe that I had to tick, certainly not always producing me a much better cricketer. Our team just needed to do it since that's what we had to perform." There were a ton of traits our team did in relations to getting ready for suits and also carrying out workouts that experienced a little unusual to me, it failed to truly make good sense." When an individual's playing at 37 contrasted to when a man's 24, they are actually both visiting require extremely various points. The way that they ready is actually mosting likely to be various, what they require just before a match is quite various. "It felt like for a number of years everybody consistently did the very same point, regardless of where you were in your lifestyle or in your video game, or even where your body systems were actually."( Cummins) will certainly tell you, he undoubtedly will not train as a lot currently as you performed 5 years ago. You can't. You can not burn the candlestick at both sides. There is actually a little bit more respect for that right now. "So definitely, if it was the aged technique of doing it, I had to be doing whatever that everybody else carried out, I could be like, 'Ok, I'm carried out, no thanks.'" It is actually most likely the reason why I'm still playing." A lot of Trial run for Australia after 35th birthday2564-- Usman Khawaja2554-- Steve Waugh2473-- Allan Border2323-- Michael Hussey1996-- Chris RogersUsman Khawaja of Australia. Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDespite everything Khawaja has actually attained during his 13-year Examination profession, including 2 Ashes triumphs and a Globe Exam Champion label, he still hasn't featured in a successful Border-Gavaskar Trophy campaign.The Queenslander was actually gone down in advance of the 2011/12 whitewash, while he also had not been decided on for the 2014/15 series, which stays Australia's latest Border-Gavaskar Prize triumph.Ahead of what are going to probably be his final Test series versus India, Khawaja is actually self-assured Australia can easily finish its ten-year dry spell against the Asian powerhouse." This most definitely feels like among the strongest teams our company have actually had for a while," Khawaja pointed out." Our team've been actually playing some truly excellent cricket, yet India's group is excellent as well, which is actually why everyone's therefore ecstatic to check out the No. 1 and also No. 2 groups differing." This Australian crew is actually incredibly worked out. It's been actually sturdy for a while." There's no excuses, whoever gains is actually likely the most ideal team on the planet." I believe our experts remain in the most ideal posture our company've resided in an although to take India on." Khawaja has racked up 544 Trial run versus India at 34.00, while that number falls to 28.28 on home soil.However, the left-hander takes pleasure in his functionality during the 2018 Perth Exam against India, where he top-scored in the second innings along with a rough 72 in challenging situations." That arch was actually horrendous," Khawaja chuckled." Everyone's merely acquiring smash hit. I received attacked in the nuts. (Aaron) Finch was merely receiving appealed his glove he strolled off the area. Fellas merely acquiring struck left, right, and also facility. It was actually a new Perth arch which had not been pretty prepared at the moment." That is actually right stuff I look back on. If I didn't compose runs there, they would certainly possess chased our overall down as well as our team would certainly have lost." Usman Khawaja of Queensland. Photograph through Morgan Hancock/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesUsman Khawaja's home Examination 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 allies, Khawaja delighted in a peaceful off-season that included loads of golf and also household time. He embodied the Vancouver Knights in the International T20 Canada, yet typically didn't play any sort of affordable cricket over the winter.Having started his home summertime with a half-century versus Victoria in last week's one-day suit at Junction Oval, Khawaja's concentration switches in the direction of the Sheffield Defense, which obtains underway on Tuesday.To manage his workloads, the 37-year-old expects to merely participate in three Sheffield Guard matches before the 1st Examination against India in late November.Queensland will certainly encounter Western Australia for its own Sheffield Shield opener at the WACA from Tuesday, with the first round arranged for 1.30 pm AEDT.