at his batting at this stage. Cosier responded with a first innings 168 in the second test, crucial to helping set up an Australian victory. Cosier said Chappell's article "was really the thing that spurred me on to prove him wrong. That article got me a century." In the third test he top scored in Australia's first innings with 50 but only scored 4 in the second as Australia fell to a defeat. In a February 1977 interview, Cosier admitted "I've got doubts about my own ability. I'm not convinced I"m a test batsman yet. I've got a long way to go... At the moment I'm playing one good innings and then three bad ones. I don't know why. Maybe I need to relax myself more of perhaps it's got something to do with attitude. All I know is I'm trying to work on it... I've heard about the things they say about me outside the off stump and to an extent I go along with them... I admit I'm a bit overweight." Tour of New Zealand Cosier did not have a particularly memorable tour of New Zealand. In the first test he scored 23 and 2. In the second he made 21. However he did scored 93 off 92 balls against Northern Districts in a tour game. Centenary Test Cosier kept his place for the Centenary Test. He scored 10 and 4. Cosier was also selected on the 1977 Ashes. During the game Cosier noticed Austin Robertson handing out brown envelopes to players. Cosier later recalled: I was told he was handing out a few theatre tickets and I didn't suspect anything because he always looked after the boys. He was close to a number of players, obviously a lot closer than I understood at the time. I didn't have any hint that it wasn't him just organising something for the boys to go to that night. 1977 Ashes A back injury got Cosier's tour off to a poor start, forcing him to miss a game. Things got worse when it was revealed most of the Australian squad had signed to play World Series Cricket. Only four had not been invited: Cosier, Geoff Dymock, Kim Hughes and Craig Serjeant. Cosier: It was incredible really. In 1977, I flew over to England with the players and that was the flight on which Rodney Marsh broke the world beer drinking record.