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Originally Posted by FaaipDeOiad
Generally the Ashes is more significant to Australia, but you have to consider that the WC is inclusive of every team in the world, while the Ashes is just England. Beating everyone in the world at football is always going to be more significant than beating England at cricket.
A better question might be: cricket world cup or football world cup, and in that case, I'd probably have to lean towards cricket, but only just.
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I suspect most English cricket fans would take The Ashes ahead of the OD WC. Test cricket is definitely seen as the be-all & end-all over here & The Ashes is v much the blue ribbon event.