Best Match Bowling Analysis Decade By Decade

England and Wales

DecadeStartedEndedWRPlayerTeam ForTeam AgainstVenueSeason
1st1772178110?T BrettHampshireSurreyLaleham Burway1775
E StevensEnglandHampshireHambledon (SD)1780
2nd1782179112?J BoormanEssexMCCLord’s Old Ground1789
3rd1792180111?D HarrisHampshireKentCobham1792
4th1802181110?J HamptonMCCMiddlesexLord’s Old Ground1807
5th1812182113?J PowellEpsomHampshireEpsom1819
6th1822183116?FW LillywhiteSussexHampshire and SurreyBramshill1826
7th1832184118?FW LillywhitePlayersGentlemenLord’s1837
8th1842185117?FP FennerCambridge Town and CountyCambridge UniversityCambridge (Parker’s Pce)1844
9th185218611896H ArkwrightGentlemen of MCCGentlemen of KentCanterbury1861
10th186218711638T EmmettYorkshireCambridgeshireHunslet1869
11th187218811789WG GraceGloucestershireNottinghamshireCheltenham1877
12th188218911750CTB TurnerAustraliansEngland XIHastings1888
13th1892190117119W MeadEssexHampshireSouthampton (NR)1895
14th190219111748C BlytheKentNorthamptonshireNorthampton1907
15th191219211791H DeanLancashireYorkshireLiverpool1913
16th192219311756CWL ParkerGloucestershireEssexGloucester (WW)1925
17th193219411791H VerityYorkshireEssexLeyton1933
18th1942195116215TPB SmithEssexMiddlesexColchester1947
19th195219611990JC LakerEnglandAustraliaManchester1956
20th196219711575NI ThomsonSussexWarwickshireWorthing1964
21st1972198116137RAL MassieAustraliaEnglandLord’s1972
22nd1982199115106FD StephensonNottinghamshireEssexNottingham1989
23rd1992200116119MP BicknellSurreyLeicestershireGuildford2000
24th2002201115114Mohammad SamiKentNottinghamshireMaidstone2003
25th201220211786KJ AbbottHampshireSomersetSouthampton (Rose Bowl)2019

International

DecadeStartedEndedWRPlayerTeam ForTeam AgainstVenueSeason
1st1772178110?T BrettHampshireSurreyLaleham Burway1775
E StevensEnglandHampshireHambledon (SD)1780
2nd1782179112?J BoormanEssexMCCLord’s Old Ground1789
3rd1792180111?D HarrisHampshireKentCobham1792
4th1802181110?J HamptonMCCMiddlesexLord’s Old Ground1807
5th1812182113?J PowellEpsomHampshireEpsom1819
6th1822183116?FW LillywhiteSussexHampshire and SurreyBramshill1826
7th1832184118?FW LillywhitePlayersGentlemenLord’s1837
8th1842185117?FP FennerCambridge Town and CountyCambridge UniversityCambridge (Parker’s Pce)1844
9th185218611896H ArkwrightGentlemen of MCCGentlemen of KentCanterbury1861
10th186218711638T EmmettYorkshireCambridgeshireHunslet1869
11th187218811789WG GraceGloucestershireNottinghamshireCheltenham1877
12th188218911750CTB TurnerAustraliansEngland XIHastings1888
13th1892190117119W MeadEssexHampshireSouthampton (NR)1895
14th190219111748C BlytheKentNorthamptonshireNorthampton1907
15th191219211791H DeanLancashireYorkshireLiverpool1913
16th192219311756CWL ParkerGloucestershireEssexGloucester (WW)1925
17th193219411791H VerityYorkshireEssexLeyton1933
18th1942195116215TPB SmithEssexMiddlesexColchester1947
19th195219611990JC LakerEnglandAustraliaManchester1956
20th196219711543DL UnderwoodInternational XICeylon Board Pres XIColombo (Col Oval)1967/68
21st1972198116137RAL MassieAustraliaEnglandLord’s1972
22nd1982199116136ND HirwaniIndiaWest IndiesMadras1987/88
23rd199220011699A KumbleKaranatakaKeralaThalassery1994/95
24th2002201117137JM DavisonCanadaUnited States of AmericaFort Lauderdale2004
25th201220211786KJ AbbottHampshireSomersetSouthampton (Rose Bowl)2019

Thanks to Pelham Barton