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MELBOURNE, Australia, Tuesday (AFP) - A second Shane Warne sample had tested positive for banned substances, dashing the master legspinner's slim hopes of having drugs charges against him dropped, it was reported here Tuesday.

Melbourne's Herald Sun newspaper reported that the Australian Sports Drugs Agency (ASDA) advised Warne on Monday that his B urine sample had provided the same positive result as the A sample that led to Warne's shock exit from the World Cup last week.

There was no official confirmation of the B sample results Tuesday.

The Australian Cricket Board (ACB) said it was still waiting to be informed about the test's outcome and ASDA said its public release was a personal matter for Warne.

But Australia's spin king was keeping a low profile after a crisis session with his legal team and public relations advisers to try to save his career.

Warne's international career will almost certainly be over if he receives the minimum two-year ban for testing positive for a banned diuretic, a stimulant which can also conceal the use of steroids.

The high-profile 33-year-old returned home from the tournament in southern Africa last week after learning his A sample was positive.

ASDA chairman Brian Sando last week said the chances of Warne's B sample testing negative were slim. Both samples were given at the same time, ahead of a one-day match in Sydney last month that marked the new, slimline spinner's comeback from a shoulder injury.

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