  This paper examines the $^{18}$Ne($\alpha, p_{0}$)$^{21}$Na cross-section
relevant in X-ray bursts. The study was performed with the K600 magnetic
spectrometer in coincidence with the CAKE, a silicon detector array, at iThemba
LABS in Cape Town, South Africa. A 100-MeV proton beam was impinged on a
$^{24}$Mg target to study the $^{24}$Mg($p,t$)$^{22}$Mg reaction. The triton
ejectiles were momentum-analysed with the magnetic spectrometer and proton
decays from the $^{22}$Mg recoil nucleus to the ground state of $^{21}$Na and
various excited states thereof were detected with the CAKE. In doing so, we
were able to compare our results to previous direct and indirect measurements
of the $^{18}$Ne($\alpha, p$)$^{21}$Na reaction.
