The April 1 announcement came as no surprise to the many supporters of the philosopher and cricketer Sir Geoffrey Boycott whose work has been much admired in intellectual circles for many years.
The announcement cited his contribution to economics in general, and to his conceptualisation of the corridor of uncertainty.
The corridor of uncertainty is a term now popularised by Boycott and his supporters. It is based on his discovery that in cricket as in life, dangers can be warned off by playing a literal or metaphorical straight bat to neutralise them.
