.Usman Khawaja will certainly end up being Australia's earliest Test cricketer in over two decades this summer as the veteran opener gets ready for his 18th season of specialist cricket.The Queenslander, that transforms 38 this December, are going to blocking accident become the country's earliest Examination cricketer given that former captain Steve Waugh. Prior to Tugga, the previous Australian to participate in Test cricket after commemorating their 38th birthday celebration was actually the fabulous Allan Border.Khawaja, the reigning ICC Test Cricketer of the Year, thought his international occupation was over after being actually went down before the 2019/20 summer.However, the left-hander has been actually the Australian Examination side's leading run-scorer because his fortuitous recall during the 2021/22 Ashes series, collecting 2564 perform at 53.41 along with seven hundreds-- merely England's Joe Origin has taken care of additional operates during the course of that period.Watch India v New Zealand LIVE & unique to Fox Sports, offered on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your totally free trial today > Khawaja believes he "certainly" will possess resigned years ago or even for the "cooled, rested environment" created through nationwide train Andrew McDonald and also Test leader Pat Cummins.While he recently experienced disenchanted due to the national crew's strategy to instruction, Khawaja applauded the present coaching team for recognizing his requirements as an athlete getting into the golden of their playing career.Curating a personal instruction regimen has actually permitted Khawaja to make his finest cricket at an age where others have tapered off.Usman Khawaja of Australia. Image through Dab Hoelscher/ AFPSource: AFP" Playing cricket for Australia is actually quite demanding," Khawaja told Fox Cricket last month." There were actually a ton of boxes that I must believe that I had to tick, not necessarily producing me a much better cricketer. We merely had to perform it because that's what our experts must perform." There were actually a considerable amount of things our team performed in relations to getting ready for matches and also carrying out workouts that believed a little bit bizarre to me, it really did not actually make good sense." When a man's having fun at 37 compared to when a man's 24, they're both heading to need extremely various traits. The way that they ready is actually heading to be actually various, what they need just before a match is really various. "It seemed like for a long period of time everyone always did the very same trait, no matter where you resided in your life or in your activity, or where your body systems were actually."( Cummins) will certainly tell you, he undoubtedly will certainly not qualify as considerably right now as you performed 5 years back. You can not. You can't melt the candle at both sides. There's a small amount much more respect for that right now. "So absolutely, if it was the old way of performing it, I must be doing everything that every person else performed, I may be like, 'Ok, I am actually done, no thanks.'" It is actually possibly the reason why I am actually still playing." 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 whatever Khawaja has obtained throughout his 13-year Test profession, featuring 2 Ashes victories and also a World Examination Championship title, he still have not featured in a successful Border-Gavaskar Trophy campaign.The Queenslander was fallen before the 2011/12 whitewash, while he additionally wasn't picked for the 2014/15 collection, which stays Australia's recent Border-Gavaskar Prize triumph.Ahead of what will certainly probably be his final Test collection versus India, Khawaja is actually confident Australia may end its own ten-year drought versus the Eastern goliath." This absolutely thinks that one of the strongest teams our company've eaten a while," Khawaja mentioned." Our team've been playing some definitely excellent cricket, but India's team is actually terrific as well, which is why everybody's thus thrilled to view the No. 1 as well as No. 2 groups going at it." This Australian group is actually quite cleared up. It is actually been actually solid for some time." There's no reasons, whoever succeeds is actually probably the most ideal team worldwide." I think our team remain in the most ideal setting our team have actually been in an even though to take India on." Khawaja has actually racked up 544 Trial run against India at 34.00, while that amount loses to 28.28 on home soil.However, the left-hander takes pride in his efficiency during the 2018 Perth Examination versus India, where he top-scored in the 2nd innings with a rough 72 in tough conditions." That gate was actually horrible," Khawaja chuckled." Everybody's only obtaining hit. I got reached in the almonds. (Aaron) Finch was actually simply receiving appealed his glove he walked off the area. People simply getting attacked left, right, as well as center. It was a brand new Perth opening which wasn't very prepared at the time." That is actually the stuff I reflect on. If I didn't score runs there certainly, they will have chased our overall down and also our experts would certainly have shed." Usman Khawaja of Queensland. Photograph through 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 numerous of his Australian teammates, Khawaja appreciated a silent off-season that included plenty of golf as well as family members time. He exemplified the Vancouver Knights in the Global T20 Canada, yet otherwise didn't play any sort of competitive cricket over the winter.Having started his home summer along with a half-century versus Victoria in recently's one-day suit at Joint Oval, Khawaja's emphasis switches in the direction of the Sheffield Defense, which gets underway on Tuesday.To manage his amount of work, the 37-year-old expects to simply play 3 Sheffield Cover matches prior to the 1st Examination versus India in late November.Queensland will certainly deal with Western side Australia for its Sheffield Guard opener at the WACA from Tuesday, with the 1st round arranged for 1.30 pm AEDT.