Sept 22 (Reuters) - England fast ⁠bowler Mark Wood announced his retirement from international cricket on Tuesday ⁠after an extended battle with injuries, bringing the curtain down ‌on an 11-year career during which he took 253 wickets across all formats.

The 36-year-old Wood, who played 38 tests, 70 one-day internationals and 38 Twenty20s, last featured for England ​in November in the first test of the ⁠4-1 Ashes series defeat by ⁠Australia.

"Although this may not come as a surprise given the past year, ⁠it ‌just feels like a natural time at the end of my contract," Wood, who has also dealt with persistent ankle and ⁠elbow injuries in his career, wrote on social media.

"I've ​always tried to ‌be resilient and come back from injury to prove people wrong ⁠and show everyone ​what I can do. Unfortunately, this time I lost the battle.

"On medical advice, test cricket and 50-over cricket are not possible, so the England dream has ⁠slowly been ground out of me over ​the last year."

Wood, capable of bowling ferociously fast spells, broke into England's test squad in 2015 and bowled Australia's Nathan Lyon at Trent Bridge to ⁠seal their last Ashes victory 11 years ago. He was also among England's standout bowlers in the 2021-22 series, claiming 17 wickets.

He played a key role in England's 50-over World Cup victory on home soil in 2019, ​taking 18 wickets in 10 matches, and ⁠was part of the squad which won the T20 World Cup in 2022.

"I ​got to live out a dream and ‌I hope I can continue playing cricket ​in some capacity and pursuing other challenges in the future," Wood added.

(Reporting by Aadi Nair in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond)