I always wanted to be in Wisden, but my limited on-field talents always meant it was more likely to be through my photography or writing. That is how it transpired in the 2017 edition when my infamous photograph of Mohammed Nabi made it into the cricketers bible. It's not how I or Nabi would have wanted it.

The incident occurred in the fourth ODI of a five match series between Ireland and the Afghans at Stormont back in July 2016.

As usual, the weather was to play a part with the first game lost to the elements, but the next four games were played in glorious sunshine - one of the few times I have used sunscreen in Belfast. The series was evenly poised at 1-1, when Ireland after lunch began their pursuit of 230.

I normally prefer to shoot from long/off in the early stages of an innings, but for three reasons opted to go what for me was an unusual setting.

I wanted to get a photo of Ed Joyce playing a trademark cover drive, so with the pavilion area out of bounds, I was forced to go to the Newtownards Road end of the ground. The other two benefits were that the trees there offered welcome shade from the 'ubiquitous brutality of the mid-day sun' (I always knew I would be able to quote Albert Camus in an article someday), and there was a guy selling ice-cream.

Sure enough I got the shot I wanted soon enough and started to chat with a few supporters about the game. I was about to move on when Ed played another drive, this time a little more through extra-cover.

I thought to myself as I saw Nabi in pursuit, this could make a good photo if he dives, so got into position. He did a sort of a slide about five yards away and I started to shoot.

It was clear to the few spectators and myself that he was well over the boundary when he stopped the ball, and then got up.

The game defining moment as Nabi claims to have prevented the boundary

Ed too could see that it was a boundary and stopped mid-pitch and did a bit of gardening. However, when the ball came in, Mohammed Shahzad took the bails off and claimed the run-out.

I'm normally pretty calm but when the spectators started shouting, I joined in.

I was making my way around to the sightscreen as the umpires went to speak with Nabi about the incident. He was claiming that he had stopped the ball legitimately.

Looking at the photos on the screen I had evidence that this wasn't the case. I shouted to Alan Neill who was umpiring the game: "Jesus Alan, he's yards over the line, I'm looking at it."

However, and quite correctly, the umpires in the absence of tv pictures and third umpire replays have to take the word of the fielder. It's one of the cornerstones of cricket.

I have read recent interviews with both Alan and Roly Black (who was third umpire) about how much the incident spoiled their enjoyment of the series. I felt bad for them, and it upsets me that Nabi's actions had resulted in this. He saw it gamesmanship and was actually laughing which annoyed me even more.

Within minutes I had distributed the photograph to all and sundry and the proverbial hit the fan. Although Afghanistan won the game, Nabi was cited by ICC.

My integrity was being questioned and I faced  a lot of flak on social media claiming the photograph had been doctored. However, the next day, Nabi pleaded guilty to the charge, which diffused the uproar a little, despite ICC trying to bury the affair by not publishing their normal release, and hiding it at the bottom of their website.

Ed Joyce responded in the best way possible, hitting an unbeaten 160 in the final game to level the series and was presented with the Man of the Match award. I think he was a tad motivated as he batted with not only his usual grace, but with also a savage brutality in the closing overs.

Player of the Series Ed Joyce

There's no doubt that Nabi is a fantastic cricketer, but for me he will be remembered for this incident, no matter how many runs he scores and wickets he takes. It's about how you play the game as much as what you do which is important to remember.