Most Wickets Taken Decade by Decade

England and Wales

Decade	Started	Ended	Wickets	Average	Player
1st	1772	1781	182		E Stevens
2nd	1782	1791	181		R Clifford
3rd	1792	1801	288		T Boxall
4th	1802	1811	134		J Wells
5th	1812	1821	164		TC Howard
6th	1822	1831	229		J Broadbridge
7th	1832	1841	630	8.19	FW Lillywhite
8th	1842	1851	1182	11.05	WR Hillyer
9th	1852	1861	628	10.20	J Wisden
10th	1862	1871	937	13.07	G Wootton
11th	1872	1881	1311	11.30	A Shaw
12th	1882	1891	1282	13.44	GA Lohmann
13th	1892	1901	1748	17.01	T Richardson
14th	1902	1911	1575	16.77	C Blythe
15th	1912	1921	859	20.41	AS Kennedy
16th	1922	1931	2147	17.19	AP Freeman
17th	1932	1941	1480	14.51	H Verity
18th	1942	1951	908	19.42	WE Hollies
19th	1952	1961	1486	16.44	GAR Lock
20th	1962	1971	1060	17.20	TW Cartwright
21st	1972	1981	842	21.30	RD Jackman
22nd	1982	1991	755	23.45	NA Foster
23rd	1992	2001	661	23.88	AR Caddick
24th	2002	2011	501	25.71	J Lewis
25th	2012	2021	537	21.37	C Rushworth

International

Decade	Started	Ended	Wickets	Average	Player
1st	1772	1781	182		E Stevens
2nd	1782	1791	181		R Clifford
3rd	1792	1801	288		T Boxall
4th	1802	1811	134		J Wells
5th	1812	1821	164		TC Howard
6th	1822	1831	229		J Broadbridge
7th	1832	1841	630	8.19	FW Lillywhite
8th	1842	1851	1182	11.05	WR Hillyer
9th	1852	1861	628	10.20	J Wisden
10th	1862	1871	937	13.07	G Wootton
11th	1872	1881	1332	11.31	A Shaw
12th	1882	1891	1417	13.56	GA Lohmann
13th	1892	1901	1870	17.61	T Richardson
14th	1902	1911	1749	17.04	C Blythe
15th	1912	1921	889	17.30	FE Woolley
16th	1922	1931	2341	17.89	AP Freeman
17th	1932	1941	1704	15.14	H Verity
18th	1942	1951	938	23.57	DVP Wright
19th	1952	1961	1760	16.83	GAR Lock
20th	1962	1971	1244	22.53	FJ Titmus
21st	1972	1981	1062	21.79	BS Bedi
22nd	1982	1991	1117	18.30	MD Marshall
23rd	1992	2001	960	19.97	CA Walsh
24th	2002	2011	862	26.76	Danish Kaneria
25th	2012	2021	643	29.52	JS Patel

Thanks to Pelham Barton