.Usman Khawaja will certainly come to be Australia's oldest Exam cricketer in over twenty years this summertime as the veteran opener gets ready for his 18th time of specialist cricket.The Queenslander, who turns 38 this December, will blocking accident end up being the nation's oldest Test cricketer because previous leader Steve Waugh. Just before Tugga, the previous Australian to participate in Test cricket after commemorating their 38th birthday celebration was actually the legendary Allan Border.Khawaja, the ruling ICC Test Cricketer of the Year, presumed his global occupation ended after being dropped in front of the 2019/20 summer.However, the left-hander has actually been actually the Australian Test side's leading run-scorer due to the fact that his fortuitous callback during the course of the 2021/22 Ashes collection, collecting 2564 go for 53.41 with 7 hundreds-- only England's Joe Origin has taken care of even more operates during that period.Watch India v New Zealand LIVE & special to Fox Athletics, accessible on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free of charge test today > Khawaja believes he "undoubtedly" would have resigned years ago or even for the "chilled, kicked back environment" generated through nationwide trainer Andrew McDonald and Exam captain Dab Cummins.While he recently really felt disappointed due to the nationwide staff's approach to instruction, Khawaja commended the current training team for appreciating his necessities as a sportsmen getting into the twilight of their having fun career.Curating a customised training regimen has actually permitted Khawaja to make his absolute best cricket at a grow older where others have actually tapered off.Usman Khawaja of Australia. Picture by Dab Hoelscher/ AFPSource: AFP" Playing cricket for Australia is incredibly taxing," Khawaja informed Fox Cricket last month." There were a great deal of cartons that I needed to feel like I needed to tick, not automatically creating me a far better cricketer. Our experts merely must perform it because that's what our team needed to perform." There were actually a bunch of traits our company carried out in regards to preparing yourself for suits as well as doing warm-ups that thought a little bit weird to me, it really did not truly make sense." When a guy's playing at 37 reviewed to when a guy's 24, they are actually both heading to need to have quite various points. The manner in which they prep is mosting likely to be different, what they require before a match is incredibly various. "It thought that for a long period of time everybody consistently did the very same trait, no matter where you resided in your life or in your activity, or even where your body systems were."( Cummins) will certainly tell you, he most definitely will certainly not teach as much currently as you carried out 5 years back. You can not. You can't shed the candle at each ends. There is actually a bit a lot more respect for that now. "So certainly, if it was actually the aged technique of doing it, I had to be actually doing whatever that everybody else carried out, I could be like, 'Ok, I am actually done, no thank you.'" It is actually perhaps the reason I am actually still participating in." The majority of 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 every thing Khawaja has actually achieved during the course of his 13-year Exam career, consisting of pair of Ashes triumphs as well as a World Examination Championship headline, he still have not featured in an effective Border-Gavaskar Trophy campaign.The Queenslander was actually dropped ahead of the 2011/12 whitewash, while he also had not been chosen for the 2014/15 collection, which continues to be Australia's most recent Border-Gavaskar Trophy triumph.Ahead of what will certainly almost certainly be his final Examination set versus India, Khawaja is actually positive Australia may finish its ten-year dry spell versus the Eastern giant." This certainly thinks that among the greatest teams our team've eaten an although," Khawaja stated." Our team have actually been playing some actually good cricket, however India's crew is very good as well, which is actually why everyone's therefore enthusiastic to view the No. 1 and No. 2 teams going at it." This Australian staff is actually very settled. It is actually been strong for some time." There's no reasons, whoever gains is actually most likely the most ideal crew in the world." I assume our team reside in the greatest setting our team have actually been in an although to take India on." Khawaja has actually scored 544 Test runs versus India at 34.00, while that number loses to 28.28 on home soil.However, the left-hander takes honor in his functionality throughout the 2018 Perth Examination against India, where he top-scored in the second innings with a sandy 72 in complicated conditions." That opening was actually horrendous," Khawaja giggled." Everyone's simply receiving hit. I received reached in the almonds. (Aaron) Finch was only acquiring hit on his handwear cover he strolled off the area. Individuals only acquiring reached left, straight, and also centre. It was actually a new Perth wicket which wasn't pretty ready back then." That is actually right stuff I look back on. If I didn't score runs there, they will have chased our total amount down as well as we would certainly have dropped." Usman Khawaja of Queensland. Picture 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 numerous of his Australian teammates, Khawaja appreciated a quiet off-season that included plenty of golf and loved ones time. He worked with the Vancouver Knights in the Worldwide T20 Canada, however typically really did not participate in any type of reasonable cricket over the winter.Having started his home summer season with a half-century against Victoria in last week's one-day suit at Junction Oval, Khawaja's emphasis turns towards the Sheffield Defense, which acquires underway on Tuesday.To manage his amount of work, the 37-year-old counts on to merely participate in three Sheffield Shield matches prior to the first Examination versus India in late November.Queensland will encounter Western Australia for its Sheffield Guard opener at the WACA from Tuesday, with the initial round planned for 1.30 pm AEDT.