He resisted this and opened his own private dental lab in Kent Road in Salt River, operating under the radar.
In Mogamad Allie's cricket history book, More than a game, Allie wrote, "... Abrahams displayed a massive appetite for the game in his new environment, playing for 15 seasons in the Central Lancashire League - first for Milnrow, and later for Radcliffe and Oldham.
His family joined him in England in 1962, his wife Cynthia, and children John, Jean, Basil, Peter, Noreen and Lynn.
His eldest son, John Abrahams, captained the Lancashire county cricket team.
He encouraged a number of other Western Province Cricket Board players to join the Lancashire League.