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Every bowler practises it. Very few can produce it under pressure, on a damp ball, with a batter charging down the pitch.
Why the margin is so thin
A yorker that lands six inches short is a half volley. Six inches full and it is a full toss above the waist. The target is smaller than the batter's shoe.
The slower ball as insurance
Most death bowlers now build their over around variations and use the yorker as a surprise, rather than the other way around. That is a reversal of how the format was bowled a decade ago.
It is also an admission that the batters have caught up.
You do not bowl six yorkers in an over. You bowl two, and you make the batter think about four more.
A specialist death bowler, in a coaching session
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