Ashes Battles and Bellylaughs is a book with stories from various English and Australian test players that involve the Ashes matches. The players include Allan Border, Robin Smith, Richie Benaud, Ian Chappell, Keith Stackpole, Colin Cowdrey, Tony Grieg, commentator Henry Blofeld and umpire Dickie Bird.
As expected, like it is usual with these books, the promised bellylaughs are few and far between. Some interesting insights but overall, like a lot of sports books written by "larrikins" the result is ok but quickly forgettable.