Sentence examples for milestone against from inspiring English sources

Cole will become the seventh England player to reach three figures, following in the footsteps of skipper Steven Gerrard who achieved the milestone against Sweden in November.

In his final season, Rod Carew reached the milestone against the Twins the same day Tom Seaver won his 300th game against the Yankees on Aug. 4, 1985.

Summitt went for the milestone against Oklahoma on Monday night in Oklahoma City, but the Lady Vols lost to the Sooners, 80-70.

They outgained the Jets by 102 yards, led in time of possession and sent running back Rashard Mendenhall to 100 rushing yards — the first back to reach that milestone against the Jets since last postseason.

Neither was Wednesday night's milestone against Portland: it was Lin's first game in which he scored in single digits (6 points) in a Knicks win since he became a starter in early February.

It is somewhat fitting that McCaw will achieve the milestone against Wales as they were also the opponents when he captained the All Blacks for the very first time a decade ago.

Peyton Manning reached some milestones against Houston on Sunday.

Showing a tolerance for pain that seems to increase with age, Martin finds himself on the brink of key milestones against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.

It was somewhat fitting that Jeter, who finished 2 for 6, stepped up his pursuit of one of baseball's hallowed milestones against Carrasco, who allowed his previous hit, on June 13 at Yankee Stadium.

While the "MDGs do not reflect the entirety of WHO's work", they are "central to its agenda...and represent important milestones against which the Organization's overall contribution to health development can be measured" [ 54].

Would you rather lose your milestone Test against your full-strength arch-enemy, or win it against an understrength West Indies side completely out of their depth in three days?