Lancashire bowler Graham announces retirement

Lancashire fast bowler Phoebe Graham has announced her retirement from professional cricket.

The 34-year-old joined Lancashire from Yorkshire ahead of the 2022 season as one of the club's first full-time contracted female players.

She had been working for Sky but left her job to become a professional cricketer.

Graham was part of the Lancashire squad which won the One-Day Cup and the T20 Women's County Cup in 2025, and ended her career with 116 wickets in 155 games across List-A and T20 cricket.

She also played in The Hundred for Manchester Originals and Northern Superchargers.

She will continue to work with the club on a part-time basis on the girls' pathway programme while running her own business, Tipnflip, a gender-equality agency looking to drive forward women's sport.

"It's been really special to be part of this journey with the Red Rose and to see women's cricket moving absolute mountains in the last five years to 10 years," she said, external.

"I'm now excited for the next chapter of my career and to see what impact I can make off the pitch."