only one who didn't play a Test match. Cosier's highlights for the tour were 56 against Glamorgan, 56 against Warwickshire, and 100 against Nottinghamshire. World Series Cricket 1977–78 vs India The World Series Cricket defections meant that Cosier was one of the few players left in Australian first class cricket with recent test experience. He received a lucrative offer to play for Queensland and moved to Brisbane at the beginning of the summer. A score of 55 runs off 50 balls against West Australia and 62 against South Australia helped ensure his selection for the first test. For the first test, Cosier was made opener, and scored 19 and 0. An injury meant he missed the second test, but he was back for the third, making 67 and 34, but being unable to prevent an Australian defeat. In the fourth test he made 17 and 68. For the fifth test Cosier was put down the order and scored 1 and 34. He also took some crucial catches to help Australia win. Cosier: To be honest, I wasn't very smart about things. At that stage I was still averaging 40 after nine Tests or so and with the Packer players away, most of the other guys in the Aussie Test team were very new to the team. I thought it was up to me to compete with the Packer boys. When the Packer catchcry was "Lillee getting wickets and Hookesy clearing pickets" I felt that anyone who was coming to watch me play needed to be entertained. I probably played more aggressively than I should have. My feeling was I wanted to give the crowd something to look at when they came in the gates. I should have been more circumspect. In a lot of cases I was happy to get out for 30 or 40. But I felt we needed to compete with WSC boys. 1977–78 Tour of the West Indies Cosier began the West Indies tour well. He scored 84 off 78 balls in the first one-day game. In the first test he made a courageous 46 in Australia's first innings of 90. In the second test he failed twice, making 1 and 8. But he scored 114 against Guyana in a tour game. The third test saw Cosier score 9 and 0. He broke a thumb against Windward Islands, could not bat in the second innings and did