ICC World Twenty20: Trevor Bayliss says England must win title or be forgotten

England head coach Trevor Bayliss has warned his team they will be forgotten if they fail to win the World Twenty20 trophy.

England reached the semi-finals with a superb 10-run victory over Sri Lanka on Saturday and will take on New Zealand for a place in the final in Delhi on Wednesday.

Eoin Morgan's men have already far exceeded their performance at the 50-over World Cup, where they failed to get out of the group.

But Bayliss warned his team that they have achieved nothing yet.

"I've already read one or two text messages I got this morning from England...we've got to understand we haven't won anything yet," he said.

"We've made the semi-final and yes, that's a good achievement. But let's not go over the top. It's just a semi-final.

"Let's keep everything in perspective. That can be difficult at times when you're reading newspapers, watching television reports and getting text messages from home, but that's a learning process. You have to go through that to see how difficult it can be."

Asked if he could at least appreciate a sense of satisfaction among England followers, Bayliss offered a dry smile and a response.

"That might be the difference between Australia and England," said the 53-year-old from New South Wales.

Bayliss was in charge of Sri Lanka when they took the trophy two years ago in Bangladesh, but also when they were knocked out by England's eventual winners in 2010 at the semi-final stage.

And he knows which experience he prefers.

"If we lose on Wednesday or lose the final, no-one ever remembers the runners-up or the semi-finalists," he said.

"I've had losses before. No-one goes through their career with a perfect record, but you've got to give yourself the best opportunity to win as many times as you possibly can.

"That's about being in a good head space and not putting too much pressure on yourself.

"That allows you to play good cricket and if you can do that you give yourself a chance to win. We are down to the last four and are still in the competition, so we have a chance to win.

"Obviously the other three teams will be thinking the same, three other teams who have been playing very good cricket, so it's certainly not going to get any easier

"But what we've got to do is make sure we're the ones who are playing good cricket, if we are then anything can happen."