Stuart Broad has no intention of walking off into the sunset any time soon, insisting his 500th Test wicket may not be the last historic landmark he reaches in an England shirt.

Broad started the month "frustrated, gutted and angry" after being overlooked for the first match of the summer against the West Indies but ends it riding higher than ever as player of the series in his side's 2-1 win.

In helping England to victory in the last two Tests he has scooped 16 wickets at 10.93, become just the seventh member in one of the most exclusive clubs in cricket and forced a 269-run victory with just the third 10-wicket match of his career.

"It's a great question. Someone is going to have to play a lot of cricket because there is a lot of competition out there, between different T20 leagues franchises, 100-ball cricket... I think there's talk of thinning the amount of Tests we play in a summer down.

"You need a lot of Test matches to get 500 wickets. I think there'll be people who have the talent to get the numbers but whether they'll be able to play the amount of Test cricket the seam bowlers have done to get that feat remains to be seen."

Broad's achievement slightly overshadowed a wonderful spell from Chris Woakes, who claimed five for 50 to hasten the West Indies' demise in Manchester, but it did not escape Broad's attention.

Asked if he had commandeered the match-ball as a memento, he added: "I want Wiz (Woakes) to have it. He has bowled beautifully all series.

"Everyone is delighted for him, He is bowling as well as he ever has done and the game repaid him."