.Usman Khawaja are going to come to be Australia's oldest Test cricketer in over twenty years this summer season as the expert opener organizes his 18th season of professional cricket.The Queenslander, who turns 38 this December, will certainly blocking trauma become the country's oldest Exam cricketer considering that former captain Steve Waugh. Prior to Tugga, the previous Australian to play Exam cricket after commemorating their 38th birthday party was the fabulous Allan Border.Khawaja, the ruling ICC Exam Cricketer of the Year, presumed his global occupation ended after being actually went down ahead of the 2019/20 summer.However, the left-hander has actually been actually the Australian Exam edge's leading run-scorer considering that his arbitrary repeal during the course of the 2021/22 Ashes collection, building up 2564 perform at 53.41 along with seven hundreds-- simply England's Joe Origin has actually dealt with more runs during 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 believes he "most definitely" will have resigned years ago if not for the "cooled, kicked back atmosphere" made by national instructor Andrew McDonald as well as Test leader Pat Cummins.While he earlier really felt disillusioned by the national crew's strategy to training, Khawaja praised the present training team for respecting his demands as a professional athlete getting into the twilight of their having fun career.Curating a personal instruction routine has actually made it possible for Khawaja to generate his finest cricket at a grow older where others have actually tapered off.Usman Khawaja of Australia. Picture by Pat Hoelscher/ AFPSource: AFP" Playing cricket for Australia is very nerve-racking," Khawaja told Fox Cricket last month." There were a ton of packages that I must believe that I must tick, certainly not always making me a far better cricketer. Our company just had to perform it because that's what our experts must do." There were a lot of factors we did in regards to preparing yourself for suits and performing warm-ups that believed a little bizarre to me, it didn't truly make good sense." When a fella's playing at 37 matched up to when a man's 24, they're each visiting require really different traits. The way that they prepare is mosting likely to be actually different, what they require just before a suit is very different. "It seemed like for a long time everyone always did the very same factor, regardless of where you remained in your lifestyle or even in your activity, or even where your physical bodies were actually."( Cummins) will definitely tell you, he undoubtedly would not train as considerably currently as you performed five years back. You can not. You can't burn the candle at each ends. There's a little bit more appreciation for that now. "So certainly, if it was the aged method of performing it, I had to be carrying out everything that every person else performed, I may be like, 'Ok, I'm performed, no thanks.'" It is actually possibly the reason I'm still playing." 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 everything Khawaja has obtained throughout his 13-year Test occupation, including two Ashes victories and also a World Exam Championship headline, he still have not included in a successful Border-Gavaskar Trophy campaign.The Queenslander was lost before the 2011/12 whitewash, while he also had not been decided on for the 2014/15 series, which stays Australia's most recent Border-Gavaskar Trophy triumph.Ahead of what will certainly likely be his final Examination set against India, Khawaja is actually positive Australia can end its ten-year drought against the Eastern powerhouse." This definitely thinks that among the strongest crews our experts've eaten a while," Khawaja pointed out." We've been actually playing some actually good cricket, however India's team is actually good as well, which is why everybody's thus delighted to enjoy the No. 1 and also No. 2 staffs differing." This Australian group is actually extremely worked out. It is actually been powerful for a while." There's no excuses, whoever gains is actually probably the greatest group around the world." I believe we reside in the best position our experts 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 body drops to 28.28 on home soil.However, the left-hander takes pleasure in his performance during the 2018 Perth Examination against India, where he top-scored in the 2nd innings along with a sandy 72 in complicated situations." That arch was actually ghastly," Khawaja had a good laugh." Every person's only getting smash hit. I received struck in the nuts. (Aaron) Finch was actually simply getting hit on his glove he strolled off the field. Men simply obtaining attacked left, right, and also facility. It was a brand new Perth wicket which had not been pretty prepared during the time." That is actually the stuff I reflect on. If I really did not compose runs there certainly, they would have chased our total down as well as we would certainly possess dropped." Usman Khawaja of Queensland. Image 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 several of his Australian allies, Khawaja delighted in a silent off-season that included a lot of golf and also loved ones time. He stood for the Vancouver Knights in the International T20 Canada, however or else really did not participate in any sort of reasonable cricket over the winter.Having began his home summer season along with a half-century against Victoria in last week's one-day suit at Joint Oval, Khawaja's focus switches in the direction of the Sheffield Defense, which receives underway on Tuesday.To manage his workloads, the 37-year-old counts on to only participate in three Sheffield Guard matches just before the 1st Examination versus India in late November.Queensland will deal with Western Australia for its own Sheffield Shield opener at the WACA coming from Tuesday, with the 1st ball booked for 1.30 pm AEDT.