Ablaze: The riots have led to several football matches being cancelled

Holland’s players are due to fly from Amsterdam airport at 10am on Tuesday.

England’s cricketers found themselves as spectators — and Twitter commentators — as trouble began around their Birmingham hotel.

Kevin Pietersen posted a photograph on his Twitter account showing lines of police protecting a building and said: ‘they have just locked our hotel in Birmingham. Riots just started here.. Insane!!’

Bowler Tim Bresnan said on his Twitter account: ‘Just seen the rioters in Birmingham fleeing down the main street followed by a load of police in the full get up. What’s going on?’

All-rounder Stuart Broad added on Twitter: ‘Police vans all around Birmingham where we are right now.’

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