[Kabir]

Originally Posted by reverse_swing
Man also mean person or human being without reference to the human race/sex.

No, that's a wrong conception. At least, from a feminist perspective. That's preceisely the reason why many people say "humankind" rather than "mankind".

The reason "man" is used to refer to both person or human being is because of the male-dominated society we're in.

I've noticed in many places they've started using "player of the match" rather than "man of the match". I think cricket is yet to adopt that, and will hopefully do that soon.