33 with two fours and one six.He then put on 66 for the fourth wicket unbroken stand with Faizan Riaz (19*) to take his side to a decent total.
Shan, whose previous best was 83, hammered 12 fours and two sixes in his unfinished 68-ball knock. Faizan struck three fours from 13 balls.Spinner Khalid Usman got 2-32 from fours overs, while Test discard Aizaz Cheema claimed 1-38.
Shan was adjudged man of the match.In the first outing, FATA kept their semi-finals hopes alive when they overpowered strong Karachi Whites being led by Pakistan’s skipper Sarfraz Ahmed.
Chasing a stiff target of 220, Karachi Whites were restricted to 200-5 in the stipulated 20 overs despite Khurram Manzoor’s splendid 104 while opening the innings.Khurram, who scored his third century in this form of cricket, smashed 14 fours and two sixes from 61 balls. His fifty came off 27 balls and 100 from 58 deliveries.
The Test opener added 98 runs for the fourth wicket with left-handed international Haris Sohail, who scored 50 off just 23 balls, hitting three sixes and four boundaries.Sameen Gul (2-26) and Hammad Azam (2-30) bowled well.
International Mukhtar Ahmed turned out a hero for the tribesmen as the Sialkot-born right-hander smashed 117 not out off 58 balls to help FATA post 219-5, the highest total of the event so far.
Mukhtar hammered 15 fours and six sixes in his terrific knock. The 24-year-old dominated the 70-run second wicket stand with debutant Nabi Gul, who made 21-ball 22 with two fours and one six.
He then dominated the 51-run partnership for the third wicket with Khushdil Shah (12).In-form Sohail Akhtar (39) and Asif Afridi (19*) scored 63 for the sixth wicket to ensure a big total for their side.
Mukhtar’s fifty came off 27 balls and his 100 from 49 balls. Sohail smashed five sixes and one four from only 14 balls, while Asif smacked two sixes in his ten-ball fire-work.
Fast bowler Tabish Khan (2-62) and Anwar Ali (2-51) were the successful bowlers. Mukhtar was declared man of the match for his glorious knock.On Thursday (today), Lahore Blues face Rawalpindi and Faisalabad meet Peshawar.