5 James Anderson records that might not be broken forever in international cricket

James Anderson, one of the greatest fast bowlers to ever play the game, bid adieu to international cricket after playing his final Test match at Lord's against the West Indies. Anderson has achieved a few such records in his career that might never be broken, take a look-

Anderson went past the 40,000 mark in terms of number of balls bowled in Test cricket. Anderson is the fourth bowler to get to that milestone after the trio of Warne, Kumble and Muralitharan

Anderson became the first pacer to get to the 40k mark and it seems unlikely that any other pacer will reach that point given Tim Southee, the nearest active pacer is at 22,614

Anderson has conceded the most number of runs in Test cricket by a bowler - 18,627. The nearest active bowler is Nathan Lyon, who is almost 2,500 runs behind and it looks difficult that he will get there

James Anderson has taken the most caught by a wicketkeeper dismissals in Test cricket as well as international cricket. Anderson has 198 wickets in Tests and 248 overall in international cricket, caught by wicketkeeper. Southee is 85 behind Anderson in Tests and 50 in international cricket

James Anderson has the most number of not-outs in Test cricket - 114. Courtney Walsh is in second place at 61, anyone even coming anywhere close is nearly impossible

James Anderson has most wickets for a pacer in Tests (704) and international cricket (988). The next active pacer is Tim Southee, who has 380 wickets in Tests and 765 in international cricket. Looks extremely difficult