LAHORE   -   With still two days remaining and following a positive and encouraging response from the club owners for the registration of their clubs, the Pakistan Cricket Board has agreed to extend the deadline for club registration to Thursday, April 8. Since the start of the two-week online registration process on 10 March, the PCB has received over 1,362 applications, which are presently being reviewed by the PCB. In the next phase of the registration process, the successful club presidents will receive another online link on their registered email address through which they will be able to submit further information relating to membership and players categories. The decision to extend the deadline has been taken following requests from a large number of club owners, who are in the process of completing their requirements, as well as on the basis that in the past four days 862 applications have been received online. This sizeable number of applications submitted in the past four days is attributed to the PCB officials’ meetings with various club delegations from different parts of the country. In these meetings, the club owners sought clarity and explanation on the first registration process as well as some articles of the model constitution. Meanwhile, former Sialkot Region Cricket Association President Malik Zulfiqar and his allies have announced to boycott Pakistan Cricket Board’s club registration process. Malik said they are in consultation with their lawyers about the registration and security process which, he said, is unconstitutional. The major concern is that the system, which is being introduced, is not for everyone but for a few select and influential, he said. The true stakeholders of club cricket were never taken into confidence while the rules were made and imposed, he added. Despite repeated requests from former legends, cricketers and officials, the PCB is no mood to revisit its authority on clubs, he asserted.