SPI Communication with an LIS331 Accelerometer

Hi TI Community,

I have been trying for the past few weeks to simply communicate my MSP430f2618 with an accelerometer found on Sparkfun (https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10345). I tested the breakout board with an Arduino and the example code where it worked, however using it on the TI chip is proving to be more difficult.

Currently I can see it sending the correct bits on the oscilloscope, but the response I get from the accelerometer  is most of the time just 0x00 and if it does respond it doesn't make sense. Code I have been using

unsigned char test;
unsigned int i;

void main(void) {

WDTCTL = WDTPW + WDTHOLD; // Stop watchdog timer

DCOCTL = CALDCO_1MHZ;
 BCSCTL1 = CALBC1_1MHZ;
 BCSCTL1 |= XT2OFF;

// master initialise
 initSPI();

for (;;) {

// get accelerometer readings
 P3OUT &= ~0x01;

IFG2 &= ~UCB0TXIFG;
 UCB0TXBUF = 0xA0; //read bit | non consecutive measure bit | 0x28 = 0xA8
 while (!UCB0TXIFG) ;

for(i=0;i<5;i++);

IFG2 &= ~UCB0RXIFG;
 UCB0TXBUF = 0x00; //read bit
 while (!UCB0RXIFG)
 ;
 test = UCB0RXBUF;

P3OUT |= 0x01;
printf("%x\n", test);
 }

}

void initSPI(void) {
 P3SEL |= 0x0e;
 P3DIR |= 0x01;
 UCB0CTL0 |= UCMST + UCSYNC + UCMSB + UCCKPL;
 UCB0CTL1 |= UCSSEL_2;
 UCB0CTL1 &= ~UCSWRST;
}

The code initialises the SPI ports etc, then sends a byte and should print the one it receives... Is there something major I have missed ? Using CCS Version: 5.2.1.00018.