England need more silverware to achieve greatness, says Moeen Ali.

SYDNEY -- England must win more silverware to be considered a truly great limited-overs team, all-rounder Moeen Ali said, as the 2010 Twenty20 World Cup champions prepare to face India on Thursday in the semi-finals of the latest edition.

England, who also won the 50-overs version three years ago, have failed to hit top gear in Australia and reached the last-four with a scrappy win over Sri Lanka.

'There's a lot of talk about us being a great white-ball side and the England team has been really good, but we've only won one tournament,' Moeen told British media.

'It's important we start winning more as a team and as a country.

'Then we can call ourselves a top side.'

While England have not been firing on all cylinders at the World Cup, Mooen backed them to peak at the right time.

'We...

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