There was one shining light for the Foxes, though, in the form of their young left-arm quick bowler Atif Sheikh, who – having hurried Nottinghamshire's international batting lineup in Leicestershire's T20 victory at Trent Bridge on Friday – discomfited New Zealand's in a similar manner.
The contractor said a co-worker suggested using the fake cover, and the contractor, discomfited by the practice, stopped calling after two days.
The devout Roman Catholic in Sir Matt (he has dropped on his knees in the crowded tearoom at the Manchester United ground to kiss the ring on a bishop's hand) might be slightly discomfited by the joke, but the football club manager, who has lived the most memorable moments of his life amid the tense, masculine irreverence of dressing rooms, would smile without embarrassment.
This is both pure ritual and surreal comedy and on the opening night some of the audience were clearly discomfited by having to make the leap.
After attending medical school in Edinburgh, he finds himself increasingly discomfited by the promise of a high-achieving career and a life of obligations and responsibilities.
The Castros are not the only ones who will be discomfited by the loss of the American alibi.
Since most investments in the sector have a lifespan of 30 years or more, it would be foolhardy to invest before the new law is enacted.But mining companies are not the only ones to be discomfited by the law.
Plainly, Israel's hawkish prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, senses a chance to help kibosh an American diplomatic initiative that discomfited him from the start.Some Iranians who cheered Mr Obama's policy of engagement may have changed their minds.
This could happen in other industries, too, as India becomes expert at providing outsourced banking, insurance and business services.Office workers everywhere are likely to be discomfited by the rise of Indian firms that promise to do white-collar work cheaper, faster and better.
But the chances of a more adventurous choice, such as Christine Lagarde, the French IMF boss, seem small.Mrs Merkel is plainly discomfited.
Nevertheless he was not discomfited by Italy's powerful communists.
