.Usman Khawaja will come to be Australia's earliest Examination cricketer in over 20 years this summer season as the veteran opener plans for his 18th time of qualified cricket.The Queenslander, that transforms 38 this December, will definitely barring trauma come to be the country's earliest Exam cricketer because past leader Steve Waugh. Before Tugga, the previous Australian to participate in Examination cricket after commemorating their 38th birthday celebration was the legendary Allan Border.Khawaja, the ruling ICC Exam Cricketer of the Year, believed his international job mored than after being fell ahead of the 2019/20 summer.However, the left-hander has actually been actually the Australian Examination side's leading run-scorer because his arbitrary callback throughout the 2021/22 Ashes collection, collecting 2564 go for 53.41 with 7 hundreds-- merely England's Joe Root has actually handled more runs in the course of that period.Watch India v New Zealand LIVE & unique to Fox Athletics, on call on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your complimentary trial today > Khawaja feels he "definitely" would have retired years ago if not for the "cooled, unwinded setting" generated through national coach Andrew McDonald and Test leader Dab Cummins.While he recently felt disappointed due to the nationwide crew's strategy to training, Khawaja applauded the current coaching personnel for appreciating his demands as a professional athlete entering into the twilight of their having fun career.Curating a personalised instruction regimen has enabled Khawaja to create his best cricket at a grow older where others have blended off.Usman Khawaja of Australia. Photograph through Pat Hoelscher/ AFPSource: AFP" Playing cricket for Australia is actually incredibly stressful," Khawaja told Fox Cricket final month." There were a ton of boxes that I must think that I must beat, not essentially making me a far better cricketer. We simply must do it since that's what our experts needed to do." There were actually a considerable amount of points our company did in relations to getting ready for suits and also performing warm-ups that felt a bit bizarre to me, it failed to actually make good sense." When a fella's having fun at 37 matched up to when a fella's 24, they're each going to need very different things. The manner in which they ready is heading to be various, what they need before a match is actually really various. "It seemed like for a number of years everybody always did the very same factor, no matter where you were in your lifestyle or in your video game, or even where your bodies were."( Cummins) will inform you, he definitely would certainly not train as considerably currently as you carried out five years ago. You can not. You can't burn the candle at each sides. There is actually a bit much more appreciation for that currently. "Therefore absolutely, if it was the old way of performing it, I must be performing every thing that everybody else did, I might be like, 'Ok, I'm done, no thank you.'" It's possibly the reason I am actually still playing." The majority of Trial run 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 accomplished during his 13-year Test job, consisting of two Ashes triumphs and also a World Exam Championship headline, he still have not featured in a successful Border-Gavaskar Trophy campaign.The Queenslander was fallen before the 2011/12 whitewash, while he additionally had not been picked for the 2014/15 collection, which stays Australia's latest Border-Gavaskar Prize triumph.Ahead of what will certainly almost certainly be his last Examination series versus India, Khawaja is certain Australia can end its own ten-year dry spell versus the Eastern giant." This certainly believes that some of the best staffs our team've eaten a while," Khawaja stated." Our experts've been participating in some actually good cricket, yet India's team is great also, which is why everyone's therefore thrilled to check out the No. 1 and also No. 2 crews differing." This Australian team is incredibly cleared up. It's been sturdy for a while." There's no reasons, whoever wins is likely the greatest team on the planet." I assume our company remain in the very best placement our company've been in a while to take India on." Khawaja has actually racked up 544 Test runs against India at 34.00, while that figure loses to 28.28 on home soil.However, the left-hander takes pride in his functionality during the course of the 2018 Perth Exam versus India, where he top-scored in the second innings with a rough 72 in tough circumstances." That opening was actually horrendous," Khawaja had a good laugh." Everyone's merely getting smash hit. I acquired attacked in the almonds. (Aaron) Finch was actually simply receiving hit on his handwear cover he strolled off the field. Men just getting attacked left, right, and also facility. It was actually a brand-new Perth opening which had not been very ready back then." That is actually the stuff I reflect on. If I really did not compose operates there certainly, they would certainly have chased our total down as well as we would certainly possess lost." Usman Khawaja of Queensland. Image by Morgan Hancock/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesUsman Khawaja's home Test 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 colleagues, Khawaja enjoyed a peaceful off-season that featured a lot of golf and loved ones time. He exemplified the Vancouver Knights in the International T20 Canada, yet typically didn't participate in any sort of reasonable cricket over the winter.Having started his home summer with a half-century against Victoria in last week's one-day match at Junction Oval, Khawaja's concentration switches in the direction of the Sheffield Defense, which acquires underway on Tuesday.To manage his amount of work, the 37-year-old expects to just participate in 3 Sheffield Defense matches before the initial Test versus India in late November.Queensland will definitely deal with Western side Australia for its Sheffield Shield opener at the WACA from Tuesday, along with the very first round scheduled for 1.30 pm AEDT.