look down on

"I'm sure he's looking down on us right now. Extremely proud and laughing."

From his spot in the top row of the risers, Rowlie can look down on the staging area, where the bull riders are getting ready.

It is a remarkable change in attitudes, given people used to look down on traditional crops as inferior - not realising they were often more resistant to diseases and pests, meaning they can be grown organically.

Atkinson looked down on bite until he claimed two late wickets, while Tongue impressed in a fiery first spell and later bounced out Bennett.

The UK's never going to attract world-class talent if all we do is look down on the contest and approach it with a defeatist attitude.