Phoebe Claire Graham (born 23 October 1991) is an English

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er who currently plays for

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and Manchester Originals. She plays as a right-arm

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bowler. She has previously played for

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Northern Diamonds Northern Diamonds are a women's cricket team that represent the traditional areas of the North East and Yorkshire, one of eight regional hubs in English domestic women's cricket. They play their home matches at Headingley, the Riverside, Rose ...

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and

Northern Districts The Northern Districts men's cricket team are one of six New Zealand first-class cricket teams that make up New Zealand Cricket. They are based in the northern half of the North Island of New Zealand (excluding Auckland). They compete in the ...

Early life

Graham was born on 23 October 1991 in Steeton,

West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exi ...

. She attended

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, and has worked in marketing. Her father,

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, played cricket for

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Domestic career

Graham made her county debut in 2010, for

against

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. She did not bowl and was out for a duck. She only played one more match for Nottinghamshire, however, and played the rest of the season for

. She took five wickets at an average of 19.40 for the side in that season's

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, and continued to be a regular until she moved to

ahead of the 2014 season. Graham only remained at Devon for two seasons, and took a break from the game after her father died in 2015. She was "dragged back" to cricket after watching the 2017 World Cup Final, and subsequently began playing for

for the 2018 season. She had a successful return, especially in the

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, where she took 9 wickets at an average of 10.22. She continued this form into 2019, taking 12 wickets at an average of 18.66 in the

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. Ahead of the 2021 season, Graham returned to Yorkshire, and was subsequently named as part of the team's contingent in the

squad for the

, and took two wickets in four matches for the side. In 2022, Graham joined

. She was the side's joint-leading wicket-taker in the

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, with 13 wickets at an average of 10.00. She was again the side's joint-leading wicket-taker in the

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, with five wickets at an average of 15.40. In 2020, Graham played for the

in the

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. The team reached the final of the tournament, and whilst Graham only took two wickets in her five matches, her new ball bowling was described as "crucial", and she had an economy of just 3.87. In 2021, Graham took six wickets in the

and four wickets in the

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, helping her side reach the final of both competitions. She also played for

in The Hundred, appearing in four matches. At the end of the season it was announced that Graham had moved to

, and signed a professional contract with her new side. She played eleven matches for her new side, across the

and the

, taking six wickets. She also moved to Manchester Originals in The Hundred, playing two matches and taking one wicket. During the 2023 season, Graham went on loan from North West Thunder to

, for four

matches in July. She played four matches for Storm, taking one wicket. She also played five matches for North West Thunder, taking three wickets. In December 2022, it was announced that Graham had signed for

as an overseas player to play in the 2022–23 Super Smash. She played eight matches for the side in the tournament, taking seven wickets at an average of 21.00. Graham also played in the

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