​Mark Wood retired as a two-time World Cup winner and an Ashes winner [Getty Images]When Mark Wood retired on Tuesday, he brought to an end one of the most entertaining England careers in recent years. The fastest England bowler on record by most metrics, he produced a number of thrilling spells in a career too often hit by injuries. Here are four of those spells in his own words…’That was the fastest’ – the Saint Lucia breakthroughWood averaged 27.11 across 26 Tests after lengthening his run-up [Getty Images]Despite bowling quickly on occasions, Wood averaged 41.73 with the ball across his first 12 Tests. Then, on the advice of West Indies legend Michael Holding, he lengthened his run-up and using it for the first time, took 5-41 in the first innings of the third Test against West Indies in Saint Lucia in 2019.”That was the fastest. I could be biased because I thought it was a breakthrough moment in my career but when I was watching the ball carry off the nicks, they felt a long way in the slips. “You feel weightless, like you’re never tired and are just picking up speed. It feels like you have all of this momentum and loose energy to release. You feel a surge through your body and then a whip out of your fingers.”That day I didn’t have to try. Root could have put the field anywhere and I wouldn’t have cared. I was so up in my action. I can remember my feet landing and the feeling of the balls on my fingers – the seam ripping up my fingers.”I essentially had two different careers – the first one in and out of the team with good moments but struggling with ankle injuries and form. I felt I had to constantly push myself with that stop-start run-up to get the most out of myself. “As soon as I went off my longer run I had much more momentum, flow and freedom and the ability to bowl consistently quicker for longer.”When I lengthened my run-up, if it was below 90mph I was annoyed.”Mark Wood’s greatest hitsJubilant in Jo’burgWood took 5-46 in the first innings at the Wanderers and 4-54 in the second [Getty Images]Wood’s best match figures are 9-100 from the fourth Test against South Africa in Johannesburg in 2020. On a quick and bouncy pitch, Wood averaged 89.1mph and helped England secure a 191-win run.”I faced [South Africa bowler] Anrich Nortje there and when he bowled a bouncer I could hear it go past me. I was honestly so scared but something clicked in me that I would bowl fast.”I got Rassie van der Dussen for 98 caught from round the wicket. We double-bluffed him. That was a great wicket because he was giving us a bit of verbals back.”Faf du Plessis wasn’t happy with something and Van der Dussen got involved. “The way he commands a presence at the crease winds people up and he has a little bit of verbals here and there. “A few of the lads were desperate for me to stick one up him. “We set up this bouncer plan, I pitched it up and he hit it straight to cover.”Earning Langer’s respect in HobartThe six-wicket haul in Hobart was Wood’s first Ash