Khawaja has now become the second-oldest Australian batter to amass a double hundred, behind Don Bradman, who scored 234 at the age of 38 years and 108 days, and 201 at the age of 39 years and 149 days. Khawaja was 38 years and 42 days old on Thursday when he scored 232 off 352 balls on the second day of the first Test against Sri Lanka at Galle.

Usman Khawaja etched his name in the history books alongside the legendary Donald Bradman by scoring a Test double-century during the Australia vs Sri Lanka 1st Test.

Khawaja joins Donald Bradman as the only two Australians over the age of 38 to hit a double century. It was a slightly smaller Galle crowd to the one that attended day one to see Steve Smith pass 10,000 runs, but the punters nevertheless rose to applaud Khawaja’s double-century under the historic city’s clearest skies of the week.