At Brahma Lodge, our under 12's use the turf pitch in the NEJCA Competition, so its Sunday morning - not quite the sameas a new deck but we do all the batting from one end - from the batting crease so they can mark guard etc. and shorten the pitch from the bowling end. On our deck the damage is virtually nothing after 60 overs. use chalk not paint though- the paint kills the grass.

I personally believe the changes that have been made by Cricket Australia are excellent and have made for much better cricket all round.

My kids were the first to go through in under 10s using the new rules but were in under 9s using the old rules so I have seen both.