John Abrahams (born 21 July 1952) is an English retired

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player. His brothers Basil and Peter Abrahams, and his late father Cec Abrahams, were also cricketers. During his playing career, Abrahams was known as a left-handed batsman and right arm off break bowler. He was educated at Heywood Grammar School. He played for Lancashire County Cricket Club from 1973 to 1988, and also appeared for the

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in 1974 and

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from 1989 to 1991. He was awarded his Lancashire

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in 1982, and captained Lancashire in 1984 and 1985. He won the

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award in the

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final at Lord's in 1984 for his captaincy, despite not bowling and scoring a

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. He was awarded a

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in 1988, which raised £52,500. He scored 14 first-class hundreds, with a best of 201 not out against

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. His solitary one day century, 103*, came against

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. Abrahams managed the England Under-19 team during 2009 and coached the side in 2010.England Under-19 captain Azeem Rafiq (r) alongside manager John Abrahams as England prepare for their first match in Bangladesh, Mirpur, 11 October 2009
www.cricinfo.com. Retrieved 29 July 2010. His wife

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is a

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MP, elected at the January 2011 parliamentary by-election in Oldham East and Saddleworth.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Abrahams, John 1952 births Living people Lancashire cricket captains Lancashire cricketers People educated at Heywood Grammar School Shropshire cricketers Minor Counties cricketers English cricketers