Highest Innings Totals Decade by Decade

England and Wales Only

Decade	Started	Ended	Total	Team For	Team Against	Venue	Season
1st	1772	1781	403	Hampshire	England	Sevenoaks Vine	1777
2nd	1782	1791	296	White Conduit Club	Kent	Bishopsbourne	1786
3rd	1792	1801	453	Surrey and Sussex	England	Lord’s Old Ground	1793
4th	1802	1811	313	T Mellish’s XI	Lord F Beauclerk’s XI	Lord’s Old Ground	1807
5th	1812	1821	476	Epsom	Middlesex	Lord’s	1815
6th	1822	1831	379	Sheffield and Leicester	Nottingham	Sheffield (Darnall)	1826
7th	1832	1841	314	South	North	Leicester (Barker’s)	1836
8th	1842	1851	326	Nottinghamshire	Sussex	Nottingham	1843
9th	1852	1861	398	Middlesex	MCC	Lord’s	1861
10th	1862	1871	553	Gentlemen of the South	Players of the South	Oval	1869
11th	1872	1881	612	Oxford University	Middlesex	Prince’s	1876
12th	1882	1891	703-9d	Cambridge University	Sussex	Hove	1890
13th	1892	1901	887	Yorkshire	Warwickshire	Birmingham	1896
14th	1902	1911	742	Surrey	Hampshire	Oval	1909
15th	1912	1921	708-7d	Australians	Hampshire	Southampton (NR)	1921
16th	1922	1931	729-6d	Australia	England	Lord’s	1930
17th	1932	1941	903-7d	England	Australia	Oval	1938
18th	1942	1951	774-7d	Australians	Gloucestershire	Bristol	1948
19th	1952	1961	694-6	Australians	Leicestershire	Leicester (Grace Rd)	1956
20th	1962	1971	656-8d	Australia	England	Manchester	1964
21st	1972	1981	687-8d	West Indies	England	Oval	1976
22nd	1982	1991	863	Lancashire	Surrey	Oval	1990
23rd	1992	2001	810-4d	Warwickshire	Durham	Birmingham	1994
24th	2002	2011	850-7d	Somerset	Middlesex	Taunton	2007
25th	2012	2021	750	Northamptonshire	Glamorgan	Cardiff	2019

International

Decade	Started	Ended	Total	TeamFor	TeamAgainst	Venue	Season
1st	1772	1781	403	Hampshire	England	SevenoaksVine	1777
2nd	1782	1791	296	WhiteConduitClub	Kent	Bishopsbourne	1786
3rd	1792	1801	453	SurreyandSussex	England	Lord’sOldGround	1793
4th	1802	1811	313	TMellish’sXI	LordFBeauclerk’sXI	Lord’sOldGround	1807
5th	1812	1821	476	Epsom	Middlesex	Lord’s	1815
6th	1822	1831	379	SheffieldandLeicester	Nottingham	Sheffield(Darnall)	1826
7th	1832	1841	314	South	North	Leicester(Barker’s)	1836
8th	1842	1851	326	Nottinghamshire	Sussex	Nottingham	1843
9th	1852	1861	398	Middlesex	MCC	Lord’s	1861
10th	1862	1871	553	GentlemenoftheSouth	PlayersoftheSouth	Oval	1869
11th	1872	1881	612	OxfordUniversity	Middlesex	Prince’s	1876
12th	1882	1891	803	Non-smokers	Smokers	EastMelbourne	1886/87
13th	1892	1901	918	NewSouthWales	SouthAustralia	Sydney	1900/01
14th	1902	1911	815	NewSouthWales	Victoria	Sydney	1908/09
15th	1912	1921	802	NewSouthWales	SouthAustralia	Sydney	1920/21
16th	1922	1931	1107	Victoria	NewSouthWales	Melbourne	1926/27
17th	1932	1941	903-7d	England	Australia	Oval	1938
18th	1942	1951	912-8d	Holkar	Mysore	Indore	1945/46
19th	1952	1961	790-3d	WestIndies	Pakistan	Kingston	1957/58
20th	1962	1971	910-6d	Railways	DeraIsmailKhan	Lahore(RMI)	1964/65
21st	1972	1981	951-7d	Sind	Baluchistan	Karachi	1973/74
22nd	1982	1991	912-6d	TamilNadu	Goa	Panaji	1988/89
23rd	1992	2001	952-6d	SriLanka	India	Colombo(RPS)	1997/98
24th	2002	2011	900-6d	Queensland	Victoria	Brisbane	2005/06
25th	2012	2021	864-9d	Boost	SpeenGhar	Kandahar	2021/22

Thanks to Pelham Barton