Cricketers in hospital after carbon monoxide leak

Cameron Bates said he felt dizzy and light-headed after breathing in the carbon monoxide fumes

Ten people, including children, were treated in hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning after being overcome by fumes at an indoor cricket centre.

The members of Weoley Hill Cricket Club felt unwell while practising at the Forward Drive Cricket Academy in Barford Street, Birmingham, on Tuesday night.

It is understood the fumes came from a leaking generator.

Cameron Bates, 21, described becoming dizzy and light-headed during training.

He said it "started to come across everyone" and they "realised there was something genuinely wrong."

Two members of the group cut the training session short and encouraged other members to leave the building.

"It still affected us outside," Mr Price said. "One of the lads' knees just completely went and he was... buckling with his bag on his back. It was horrible to watch."

The men and teenagers were playing cricket at the three-storey Forward Drive Cricket Academy in Birmingham when they became unwell

West Midlands Ambulance Service said it was called at 19:48 GMT to reports of patients feeling unwell.

It dispatched three ambulances and a Hazardous Area Response Team and administered oxygen therapy to eight people at the scene.

Following treatment, five of the players were taken to City Hospital and three to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, all in a stable condition.

The BBC understands two others drove themselves to hospital for treatment.

Those affected, aged between 15 and 45, have all now been discharged from hospital.

West Midlands Fire Service crews fully ventilated the building and liaised with the building manager before leaving the scene at 23:45.

Mr Price praised his team-mates who made a quick call to move outside.

“If we’d have been in there for the full hour nets session, who knows how bad it could have got?” he said.

The BBC has approached the building owner for comment.